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Cracker Jack adds a new face to its roster
(Gray News) – As one of baseball’s most iconic snacks, Cracker Jack is adding a new face to its roster – Cracker Jill.
“We’ve been so inspired by how girls and women are changing the face of the game, so in this spirit, we introduce Cracker Jill to show girls that they’re represented even in our most iconic snacks,” said Tina Mahal, vice president, marketing at Frito-Lay North America.
Cracker Jill is represented in five different ways on a series of special-edition bags that will be sold in baseball parks across the country.
The intention is for Jill to continue to join Sailor Jack as a member of the team and part of the brand moving forward.
Frito-Lay also collaborated with award-winning artist Normani to put a new spin on the old classic, “Take Me out the Ballgame,” encouraging females in sports.
“As a young girl, I remember being inspired by athletes and artists who looked like me,” said Normani. “They made me believe that I could also achieve greatness as I watched them break barriers for women.”
Cracker Jack is donating $200,000 to the Women’s Sports Foundation and will send a Cracker Jill back to fans who donate at least $5 to the national non-profit, while supplies last.
“Our Foundation is an ally, advocate and catalyst to help unlock the possibilities in every girl and woman through the power of sport,” said Danette Leighton, WSF CEO. “Representation matters - it encourages and inspires the next generation. It’s wonderful to see Cracker Jill come to life, emphasizing the power that representation can have by celebrating women who’ve broken barriers.”
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Democrats accuse oil companies of ‘rip off’ on gas prices
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Wednesday accused oil companies of “ripping off the American people” and putting profits before production as Americans suffer from ever-increasing gasoline prices amid the war in Ukraine.
“At a time of record profits, Big Oil is refusing to increase production to provide the American people some much needed relief at the gas pump,” said Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Oil executives, testifying before Congress for the second time in six months, responded that oil is a global market and that oil companies don’t dictate prices.
“We do not control the market price of crude oil or natural gas, nor of refined products like gasoline and diesel fuel, and we have no tolerance for price gouging,” said Chevron CEO Michael Wirth.
The hearing comes as President Joe Biden has ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The national average gas price was $4.16 a gallon for regular on Wednesday, up from $2.87 a year ago, according to AAA.
Biden and other Democrats have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin and the U.S. oil industry, citing reports that oil companies have made record profits in recent months, as prices have risen following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“This is the Biden price hike,’’ countered Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state, the committee’s top Republican.
Noting that prices were increasing before Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, McMorris Rodgers said Americans “are too smart and have not fallen for this” claim by Biden and other Democrats. She called the hearing “purely political.”
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said Exxon has halted investments in Russia and is withdrawing from operations there. The company is increasing production in the United States, Woods said, including in the oil-rich Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas. Exxon also is increasing production outside the U.S., including “a world-class development in Guyana,’’ Woods said.
Under questioning from Pallone, Woods and other CEOs said oil companies have no plans to halt payments of dividends to stockholders or to restrict stock buybacks that have enriched shareholders and company executives. The six companies at the hearing recorded $77 billion in profits last year, they told Pallone.
Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., said gas prices are close to $5 per gallon in her Seattle-area district. Her constituents “are mad, and they should be,’’ she said, citing the record profits oil companies are reaping.
“This feels like gouging. It even feels like profiteering,’’ Schrier said. Prices at the pump have not gone down in recent weeks along with crude oil prices, she and other Democrats noted.
At a time of war and high prices, “oil companies should not be sending profits back to shareholders,’’ she said, urging oil executives to restore production to pre-pandemic levels.
Biden has called on Congress to impose financial penalties on companies that lease public lands but don’t produce oil, a request that so far has been ignored. Biden also invoked the Defense Production Act to encourage mining of critical minerals for batteries in electric vehicles, part of a broader push to shift to reduce use of fossil fuels and address climate change.
“The bottom line is if we want lower gas prices we need to have more oil supply right now,” Biden said last week in announcing the release of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. “This is a moment of consequence and peril for the world, and pain at the pump for American families.”
Higher prices have hurt Biden’s approval domestically and added billions of oil-export dollars to the Russian government as it wages war on Ukraine.
The release of oil from the U.S. stockpile could reduce oil prices, although Biden has twice ordered releases from the reserves without causing a meaningful shift in oil markets. Biden said last week he expects gasoline prices could drop “fairly significantly.”
Oil companies have pledged to boost domestic production, but it is growing slowly. Executives point to supply chain and labor constraints as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as investor demands for returns. They have called for more federal permits to allow additional leases.
Besides Exxon and Chevron, other companies represented at the hearing were Shell, BP, Pioneer Natural Resources and Devon Energy.
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Disney+ subscribers can save this summer at some resort hotels
(Gray News) – Disney+ subscribers can save at select Disney Resort hotels this summer.
People with the streaming service can save up to 25% on rooms for select Disney Deluxe and Deluxe Villa Resorts for stays most nights, July 8 – Sept. 30, 2022.
Just log in using the email associated with your Disney+ subscription to book online.
According to Disney, the hotels feature the same storytelling, detail and guest service found in the theme parks – including some familiar Disney friends hanging around.
Resort guests are also able to get into the four main parks 30 minutes early.
Valid admission and park reservation are required to enjoy the theme parks and special events and are not included in this offer.
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Louisiana mom accused of sending child to day care with meth, Xanax
OUACHITA PARISH, La. (KNOE) - Louisiana State Police said they arrested a woman accused of accidentally sending her child to day care with various drugs in the child’s lunch bag.
According to an arrest report, it happened Tuesday in Ouachita Parish. Authorities said a state trooper received a call from a day care regarding a child dropped off by Jennifer Wise, 35.
The report states that a search of the bag revealed about one gram of methamphetamine, five and a half clonazepam pills, and half a bar of Xanax.
Wise was located at her home. She reportedly told police that she had misplaced the drugs and had been looking for them.
State police said she also told investigators she had an “eight ball” of meth in her room. Investigators said they searched the room and found about nine grams of meth, and scales and baggies they said are commonly used in the distribution of drugs.
Police said she admitted to buying all of the drugs for $75 the day prior.
She was booked at Ouachita Correctional Center on six different drug charges, four of which are felonies, including possession with intent to distribute.
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Man comes home to find tornado damage after taking wife off life support
WETUMPKA, Ala. (WSFA/Gray News) - A man in Alabama came home to find his house severely damaged by a tornado after taking his wife off life support at the hospital earlier that day.
Frank Senn’s wife fell down the stairs and broke her neck two weeks ago, severing her spinal cord. Eventually, doctors told him there was nothing else they could do for his wife, and the decision was made to take her off life support Tuesday.
Senn said his wife has not yet passed away but will spend her remaining days off life support at a care facility.
“My world is gone,” Senn said.
Senn had been at a hospital in Birmingham for days staying by his wife’s side. Then he came home to find his property in Wetumpka destroyed.
Officials confirmed at least one tornado touched down in Wetumpka on Tuesday with a path of damage 11 miles long. Senn believes that tornado directly hit his property.
The siding of his home has been damaged, and his barn, boat and Camaro were flattened by trees.
“The barn was a two-story barn from 1944, but it looks like a tornado took care of it,” Senn said, pointing to the roof of his barn now missing.
After facing the heartbreak of removing his wife from life support, Senn now faces another battle – cleaning up after the storm.
Senn’s family said it has been a really difficult time, and they are asking for prayers. If you would like to help him financially, you can send money to his Cash App account $rangerfarms.
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Man facing charges after neighbor catches him peeping on little girls through window, police say
DRACUT, Mass. (WCVB) – Police in Massachusetts are seeking charges against a man accused of looking into the window of a little girl.
The girl, 5-year-old Aliza, and her 2-year-old sister are fortunately OK, but their mother, Emmarie Albert, said the two of them got quite the scare early Monday morning.
“The dog starts barking at the window, so he’s barking out the window and then she starts screaming that there’s somebody in her window,” Albert said.
As the sisters were in their bedroom, a neighbor letting her dog out around 2:15 a.m. saw the suspect right outside their window.
The neighbor, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the man took off, but his truck was still in the lot until around 4 a.m. when neighbors say they saw him drive off.
“I followed him and called the police and stayed on the phone with them and led them ... to where he was,” the neighbor said.
Police stopped the driver and plan to file charges as the family wonders why he came to their apartment.
“I don’t know why or what he wanted or what his deal was or if he has been watching us or I don’t know,” Albert said. “I think he’s a pervert. I mean, I don’t … there’s no other reason.”
The owner of the complex has a no trespassing order for the suspect.
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Residents clear debris from southern storms as more severe weather looms
PEMBROKE, Ga. (AP) — Southerners were clearing trees from roads and buildings, but the threat of more severe weather Wednesday in Georgia was complicating recovery efforts.
In Bryan County, Georgia, officials were urging residents to halt any cleanup work by mid-afternoon Wednesday and take shelter for the night as new storms began forming in west Georgia, and in parts of Alabama and Mississippi.
Tuesday’s storms killed at least two people — one in Texas and another in Georgia — and left thousands of people without power across the South.
In southeast Georgia, a woman was found dead Tuesday night amid the shredded wreckage of her mobile home in the unincorporated community of Ellabell, said Bryan County Coroner Bill Cox.
“It was just completely ripped to pieces,” Cox said Wednesday. “It’s like it exploded.”
Cox said the dead woman’s husband was taken to a hospital with injuries. He did not give her name, saying relatives were still being notified.
A motorist’s cellphone video taken in Bryan County showed a large funnel cloud crossing Interstate 16 as drivers braked and pulled to the side of the roadway about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Savannah.
In the county seat of Pembroke, large sections of roof got torn off the courthouse and the entryway to a government building across was demolished. Several people in nearby neighborhoods were injured as their homes were damaged, said Matthew Kent, a Bryan County government spokesperson.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday toured the destruction in Bryan County, where one woman died and several others were injured when an apparent tornado struck Tuesday evening.
Kemp said it was fortunate the twister did not stay on the ground very long, or the damage and loss of life would likely have been much worse. Places where it did touch down, he said, got hit hard.
“It is literally total devastation for some homes,” Kemp said. “We walked through a house where there’s no wood left on that house. It’s nothing but a foundation with a water heater sitting there.”
In east Texas, W. M. Soloman, 71, died when storm winds toppled a tree onto his home in Whitehouse, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southeast of Dallas, Whitehouse Mayor James Wansley said.
As the storms moved into South Carolina late Tuesday, debate was delayed for nearly an hour in the South Carolina legislature after the state House chamber was evacuated for a tornado warning for Columbia. The legislation being debated would require athletes to compete with the gender listed on their birth certificates.
About a dozen homes were destroyed or heavily damaged in Allendale County, South Carolina. Tractors and other equipment were flipped and twisted on a number of farms in South Carolina’s least populated county. Other storms caused damage to solar panels near Bowman and flipped vehicles and shopping carts in a Walmart parking lot in Manning.
National Weather Service forecasters planned to survey damage from several possible tornadoes in Georgia and South Carolina, but said that effort could be interrupted by the potential for more storms Wednesday.
In Alabama, the weather service said it was sending survey teams to examine potential tornado damage in the Wetumpka area. Lightning struck a flea market in the northern Alabama community of Lacey’s Spring, causing a fire that gutted the building, news outlets reported.
In Mississippi, fallen trees and limbs closed a stretch of highway for hours in Newton County.
More than 7,000 customers in Texas and more than 3,000 in Georgia remained without power Wednesday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.
Several tornadoes are expected across a large part of the South on Wednesday, the national Storm Prediction Center said.
“The atmosphere will be primed again for more severe storms as we go through Wednesday,” said Jared Guyer, a forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma.
Parts of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee will be at greatest risk of severe weather. That area of heightened risk includes several large cities, including Atlanta; Birmingham, Alabama; and Knoxville, Tennessee.
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VOTER’S GUIDE: Lancaster County offices
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - All eight countywide elected offices in Lancaster County will appear on the November ballot, along with three seats on the county board of commissioners. Only three of those races feature a contested primary.
For Lancaster County Commissioner District 3, Republicans have a three-way primary between five-term incumbent Deb Schorr, former Lincoln Public Schools’ board member Matt Schulte and Travis Filing.
Public Defender Joe Nigro is being challenged in the Democratic Primary by Deputy Public Defender Kristi Egger.
Democrat Rachel Garver is on the November ballot for a second term to lead the county treasurer’s office. She’ll face the winner of the Republican Primary. Small business owner Tracy Refior is up against Jasmine Gibson, a title clerk in the treasurer’s office.
Unopposed candidates will appear on the general election ballot in November.
We sent questionnaires to each candidate in the race. Responses from candidates are posted verbatim and not edited for spelling, grammar, or content.
LANCASTER COUNTY COMMISSIONER DIST. 3
Matt Schulte
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
Executive Director of Campus Life, 2011-present
Elected Member of Board of Education 2015-2019
Why are you running for office?
When elected I will be a for-the-people official: pro-life, pro-business, pro-election security, pro-public safety. I will bring these Republican values with me into the board room each week.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
I will fight to eliminate wasteful spending. The county board’s budget has exceeded inflation by 178% over inflation in the last 10 years (not including ARPA funds). I will reprioritize infrastructure. Our roads and bridges have continued to be neglected for far too long.
Travis Filing
Political Party: Republican
Candidate did not respond to survey.
Deb Schorr
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
Auditor for the former FirstTier Bank, Executive Assistant to Governor Kay Orr, Non-Profit Fundraising Consultant, Community Volunteer
Elected to the Lancaster County Board in 2003 and reelected in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019.
Why are you running for office?
I am running to continue to be a conservative, business focused voice on the County Board focusing on 3 priority areas; infrastructure financing, promoting economic development and tourism, and property tax relief. My years of public service come with knowledge, perspective, and connections with local, state, and federal leaders. The relationships I have built with constituents and community stakeholders are extremely valuable and help to move Lincoln and Lancaster County forward. I am pro-family, pro-law enforcement, pro-business, and strongly support our veterans.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
Infrastructure improvements are a critical issue for Lancaster County. This means allocating additional funding and finding new revenue sources to pave and better maintain our roads as well as renovating and replacing our bridges. Infrastructure is also the expansion of broadband into rural parts of the county, water quality and quantity improvements projects, recruitment of expanded air service, and replacement of culverts to improve water flows following heavy rain events to prevent flooding. I will continue to advocate strongly for all these infrastructure concerns.
LANCASTER COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
Kristi Egger
Political Party: Democrat
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
I served as Deputy Public Defender in Hall County for a year, then 32 years as Deputy Public Defender in Lancaster County. Over my 33-year career, I was lead counsel in thousands of cases, trained and supervised law clerks, and mentored young attorneys. Very few attorneys have the experience I have handling juvenile, felony, misdemeanor, appeals, and mental health cases. With extensive work with our case management system, I am well-prepared to administer case assignments and caseloads. My years of hands-on work in Nebraska’s justice system have given me the tools necessary to effectively lead the office. See my website to learn more. www.KristiEgger.org
Why are you running for office?
Frankly, I am running because it is the right thing to do. It is necessary to restore the Public Defender’s Office to the position of respect that it previously had and to improve morale in the workplace. I will work full-time at the office, supporting all the attorneys and staff through mentoring, working side by side, and leading by example. Like every other elected Public Defender in Nebraska, the Lancaster County Public Defender needs to be physically present and involved in court. I will not be an absentee boss.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
In a word, overincarceration. Warehousing people in jail has never worked. The majority of our clients have substance use and/or mental health issues. Diversion, Drug Court, Mental Health Court/Diversion, and Veterans Court are all effective and humane ways to help clients without simply throwing them in jail. The focus should be on getting people the treatment they need. I will work to decrease overincarceration, increase participation in problem-solving courts, advocate to establish a Mental Health Court, and assist the legislative process as needed. We can reform the cash bond system. It unjustly penalizes the poor and leads to excessive incarceration, at great cost to taxpayers. I will work with criminal justice reform advocates and legislators to aid in fixing this broken system. I will work with the County Attorney to get more people into Diversion and other problem solving courts, which again, will help clients and their families, and save taxpayer money. We must keep fighting to end racism and discrimination in Nebraska’s criminal justice system. All these measures will help reduce the number of people incarcerated at taxpayer expense.
Joe Nigro, Incumbent
Political Party: Democrat
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
I have worked in the Lancaster County Public Defender’s Office for 38 years. I was elected as the Lancaster County Public Defender in 2014, and I was re-elected in 2018.
Why are you running for office?
I am running for re-election as the Lancaster County Public Defender to continue the tradition of our office providing excellent legal representation for the poor, and to continue to work on on reforming the criminal justice system to make it work better and more fairly, while at the same time increasing community safety. Under my leadership, we added social workers to our staff to better serve our many clients with mental health and substance abuse issues.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
My top priority is ending mass incarceration. We can achieve this while at the same time ending racism in the criminal justice system, and reducing the number of people with mental health issues in the system. To do this we need to end the failed War on Drugs, and instead treat substance abuse as a health problem instead of a criminal one. We need to end the cash bail system which punishes poverty. We need to increase mental health services. We need to expand our diversion programs and our problem solving courts, including establishing a mental health court.
LANCASTER COUNTY TREASURER
Tracy Refior
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
I ran for Airport Authority in 2021 and wasn’t successful for that bid. I’ve been a Financial Advisor for nearly 30yrs and small business owner.
Why are you running for office?
I’m running for Lancaster County Treasurer because I think the people deserve better. I want to bring Transparency, efficiency, and professionalism back to this county office.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
Top issue to tackle is total Transparency and making the DMV run more efficiently. As the custodial of county funds, the elected treasurer works for the people not the other way around.
Jasmine Gibson
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
I am running for office for the first time, and I am excited. Currently, I work for Lancaster County Treasurer as a Title Clerk. May 18th will be my sixth anniversary there. I have taken payments, processed titles, new registrations, and renewals during that time. I’ve done daily balancing and helped with the office balancing; I’ve audited titles and processed dealer titles. I quickly learned the new system that we got over two years ago, and I was then able to show coworkers some of its capabilities. Before that, I managed a storage facility. In my twenties, I worked for a temporary agency. Because of my skills and ability to learn quickly, I was always offered a position as soon as one ended. During that time, I was able to work in many different industries. I enjoyed learning how businesses ran and absorbed all of the information that I could. I then applied what I learned to my next position. During that time, I also prepared taxes part-time.
Why are you running for office?
As I have mentioned, I am currently a Title Clerk for Lancaster County Treasurer. My time with the County has taught me so much. I’ve been able to help and serve so many people, including our dealerships. While assisting people, I have listened to their ideas, complaints, and suggestions. By listening, I’ve been able to formulate ideas that will improve our current processes, provide better experiences for our citizens, and decrease wait times. I decided to run because I enjoy and care about what I do. I also know that running for County Treasurer is the only way that much-needed changes will be implemented. Our community needs and deserves someone who knows what the position entails, has experience in it, and isn’t running just to be in office somewhere for anything that they can. Most people who remember me assisting them will tell you that I’m knowledgeable, efficient, hardworking, and passionate about my job. If elected, I will apply my expertise, let my work ethic guide me, and continue striving for the betterment of our community.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
There are so many issues to tackle. Some of the issues are: keeping the line inside the building, adding additional locations (whether that means an actual building or providing kiosks so that the primary area is not congested), adding staff, putting the handicap desk back in the front of the building, working hand in hand with dealerships (realizing that having a good process that involves them will be beneficial to the public), employee retention, keeping a single line so that the people who were waiting first are served first, training based on efficiency as well as knowledge, and true transparency (letting the public and employees know of changes and being honest with them about my intentions). Given my interoffice experience, I’ve got ideas for all of my priorities. These are ideas that I know will work and be beneficial to Lancaster County’s citizens.
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VOTER’S GUIDE: Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Auditor
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Along with the race for Nebraska Governor, all four other statewide executive offices will appear on the November ballot.
In the race for secretary of state, incumbent Bob Evnen is running for a second term. He shares the republican primary with Rex Schroder and Robert J. Borer. No other candidates filed for the race.
Incumbent Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, the state’s top law enforcement officer, decided not to seek a third four-year term and will leave office in January.
Republicans have held the office of attorney general for more than seven decades, and two candidates are running in the Nebraska primary.
State Sen. Mike Hilgers of Lincoln serves as the current speaker of the Unicameral. He’s joined by Jennifer Hicks, of Peru.
Legalize Marijuana NOW candidate Larry Bolinger will also appear on the ballot.
Nebraska Lt. Gov. Mike Foley is seeking a return to the state auditor’s office. He served two terms as Auditor of Public Accounts from 2007-2015.
Foley will share the republican primary with Larry Anderson, also of Lincoln.
Libertarian Gene Siadek and Legal Marijuana NOW’s Leroy Lopez will also appear on the ballot.
In the running for Nebraska State Treasurer, first-term republican incumbent John Murante faces a primary challenge from Paul Anderson.
Katrina Tomsen will represent the Libertarian Party in the race.
Democrats did not field a candidate for any statewide executive office.
We sent questionnaires to each candidate in the race. Responses from candidates are posted verbatim and not edited for spelling, grammar, or content.
SECRETARY OF STATE
Bob Evnen, Incumbent
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
Nebraska Secretary of State, 2019-present; Member, Nebraska State Board of Education, 2005-2012; Attorney in private practice, 1987-2018.
Why are you running for office?
I’m running to continue my work expanding Nebraska’s economy through trade missions that increase Nebraska’s export markets, to continue securing Nebraska elections through Voter ID, Winner-Take-All in casting our electoral votes, prohibiting private funding of election operations (so-called “Zuckerbucks”), further securing ballot drop boxes, and to continue to lead our state in the many other duties of the Secretary of State.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
Further securing our elections, especially in early voting; opening and expanding international markets for Nebraska agriculture and other businesses.
Rex Schroder
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
Candidate did not answer.
Why are you running for office?
Passion for the constitution
To serve the people of Nebraska
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
Restore election integrity
Robert Borer
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
Not a politician. Just a patriot. Retired Fire Captain with Lincoln Fire & Rescue (27 years). Congressional Public Safety Medal of Valor Award recipient, our nation’s highest civilian distinction for courage and bravery.
Why are you running for office?
Election integrity can only happen with the right people in charge. If we don’t have free, fair, and honest elections, we don’t have a voice on taxes, foreign trade, or unconstitutional mandates. Your vote is the ultimate measure of accountability for public servants. I intend to fight the frontline for the sanctity of your vote and the security of our elections so that the “Good Life” is greater for future generations.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
Election Security. I have a plan to ACT - to hold local and state government officials and agencies ACCOUNTABLE, have the moral COURAGE to honor our Constitution and prioritize people over politics, and instill integrity back into our state’s elections and restore public confidence with TRANSPARENCY.
STATE TREASURER
John Murante, Incumbent
Political Party: Republican
Candidate did not respond to survey.
Paul Anderson
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
I’m retired from the US Navy Reserve (21 years) , and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe RR (35 years). I have run for 13 elective offices, but held none.
Why are you running for office?
I’m running for this office because, as your state treasure, I pledge and promise to establish and maintain a high level of trust, integrity, and accountability, when it comes to spending or not spending, Nebraskans (hard earned) tax dollars.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
As state treasurer, one of my top issues will be, to work with the state legislature in getting legislation supporting required mediation and joint custody for divorcing parents with minor children. Child support collection is the responsibility of the treasures office. And child support has been used as a weapon against the non-custodial parent, and it’s the children of divorcing parents, who are the casualties!
Katrina Tomsen
Political Party: Libertarian
Candidate did not respond to survey.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Jennifer Hicks
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
I have never held political office. I have spent the last eighteen years focusing on raising my three boys, all of whom have been homeschooled. During that time, I have not worked outside the home, but I have been involved with organizations in which my kids took part, such as 4-H and Civil Air Patrol. Prior to staying home to raise my kids, I worked as a Claims Adjudicator for Social Security Disability. In the last couple of years I have been extensively involved in activism involving election integrity, medical freedom, Second Amendment issues, and battling against the teaching of CSE and CRT in schools. I maintain the voicesofnebraska.com website, where I post many articles regarding my political views. I believe that all experience has the potential to be beneficial and to inform a person’s actions. What is LEARNED from experience determines whether or not that experience brings with it a benefit, so I don’t believe that time spent inhabiting a role in government or politics is necessarily beneficial. (Senator Biden is the proof of that.)
Why are you running for office?
I am running for office because I do not feel that I have any representation in government. My attempts to have my concerns addressed have repeatedly fallen on deaf ears. I am running for attorney general because we need someone in office who will speak up when people’s rights are being violated by elected officials who permit violations of the U.S. Constitution and the Nebraska State Constitution to go unanswered. Currently, the government is run by people whose priority is to protect their peers in office. We need true servants of the people who prioritize defending the rights of the people. We need officeholders who adhere to their oath. I believe that we need to restore the people to their rightful place in government, and to remind the government that they work for the people, not the other way around. When I look around at the world, I don’t like seeing what we’ve done to it. I would like to be part of the solution to fix it, and I believe that the government cannot effectively serve nor represent the people faithfully when they are not listening to them.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
My top priority is election integrity, and I am tackling that already. We need election integrity restored before the primary election. Our elections are currently run by Big Government and Big Tech, and the people have been removed from the election process. Our vote is our voice in government. Without that, we are not free people. I seek to restore “we the people” to our rightful role in government, and to remind the government that they work for us. Currently existing laws, including the U.S. Constitution, are not being followed to defend people’s rights. They should be. I would also prioritize protections of First Amendment rights, for I believe that the failure of our elected officials to defend our First Amendment rights is a primary reason why we are presently on the brink of losing our country. Upholding the First Amendment safeguards our Second Amendment as well, which is also a priority of mine.
Mike Hilgers
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
I am a practicing litigation attorney with over 15 years of experience. Owner and founder of Hilgers Graben, named one of the fastest growing companies in the country by Inc. magazine.
I currently serve as Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature. I have represented District 21 for the last 6 years; I was elected originally in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.
Why are you running for office?
I am running for attorney general because Nebraska needs an attorney general who can protect the Constitution, enforce the rule of law, fight back against federal overreach, and help keep our communities safe.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
There are a number of critical issues that the next Attorney General will face. Among them are: protecting the Constitution and the rule of law; supporting law enforcement; protecting our water rights; and using business principles to find more value for taxpayers. I am prepared on day one to tackle these issues head on.
Larry Bolinger
Political Party: Legal Marijuana NOW
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
I have run for local, State, and Federal offices and have argued many policies. I am a Veteran of both the Airforce and Army National Guards. I earned a Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Major in Political Science and Minor in Criminology with a concentration in government affairs and civic engagement. I studied law, constitutional law, international law, policies, and police procedures. I have conducted several research analysis to help argue for a change in policies that will help me achieve my goals.
- Was on the City of Alliance Planning Commission for several years
- Chairman for LMN Party of Nebraska District 3
- I helped raise funds for Nebraska Boys Ranch, YMCA, ABATE, and the DAVA for disabled veterans.
- Volunteer on the Activate Alliance Initiative. One of the programs I worked on is to create a bicycle share program for the city of Alliance.
- Gave free rental space for the BBC tower to allow internet access for the local government in Alliance, NE.
- Volunteer In Police Services (VIPS). This organization helps the local law enforcement where needed voluntarily.
- Donated training materials to several police departments and law enforcement academies.
Why are you running for office?
My focus is on Law Reform, trying important cases, and working with programs that reduce recidivism.
Over the past 20 years, our government has been focused on harsher penalties, adding more law violations, and lacking diversion programs. So we ended up with a higher recidivism rate which caused Nebraska to have the highest per-capita prison population in the Nation. We need more focus on law reform, mainly working on victimless crimes. We need to push hard on diversion programs so we reduce the possibility that someone is going to be a repeat offender. When we make the change we reduce recidivism and we save the state a significant amount of money as each person in prison cost taxpayers $28,000 per year. Rehab and other diversion programs are far more successful and cost significantly less.
Law reform will be a big undertaking and I would need legal staffing that is up to date on laws, procedures, and statistics. They would need to be motivated for change and that might mean a revamp of legal staff to meet both what I expect, what I require to meet my goals, and what is needed to meet the needs of the people. I would hope to get some fresh new faces from our Law schools that are from Nebraska.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
- I expect to try all important cases. There will not be cases approved based solely on political affiliation. Cases are based on what is a constitutional infraction or a possible infraction. Some examples of cases I would try are:
- issues of fraudulent enrichment practices and business ethics infractions in our banking industries. This would include extortion of funds from contractors and ethics violations in foreclosure practices.
- I would look into issues of the pharmaceutical companies in price gouging and unethical political activities.
- I would press charges against a government that willfully violates Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001. 1) knowingly and willfully; 2) make any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; 3) in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the United States.
- IRS ethics violations and enrichment violations in their billing practices.
- I would look further into the Mead environment disaster and the EPA policy violations. I would look into the responsibility of the corporation and the responsibility of the government. The government has the obligation to act when a company does not.
- Law enforcement reform. Continue the education on the Presidential taskforce on 21st Community policing
- Bail Reform: There is a problem in our bail system where if you are wealthy you’re able to post bail and not see any jail time while if you are poor you go to jail. We need a better program that treats the poor and wealthy as equals when there is a crime committed.
- Reform to reduce recidivism: I would support diversion programs. We do need to review our current correctional status. If we do need a new correctional facility. We may need a new correctional facility because the old one is run down. But we need to implement a diversion program. Statistically, we need to be running more diversion programs because it has proven to reduce recidivism by as much as 60%.
- Veteran Funds: There has been an issue brought up of donations to help veterans are not being used to help veterans. For every $100,000 donated, only $9,000 is actually going to veterans. I will launch an audit to find those funds and hold those accountable for not doing what they promised to do.
- Discrimination cases: There are several discrimination cases that I would like to push. In our country we have an amendment that states everyone has equal protection under the law. Many organizations and lawmakers have forgotten that. I will be the reminder that discrimination will not be tolerated.
AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Mike Foley
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
State Senator 2001-2007
State Auditor 2007-2015
Lt. Governor 2015 - present
Why are you running for office?
To aggressively and professionally ensure that public funds are spent properly and to root out waste, fraud and abuse of public resources.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
Run the office of State Auditor in a competent and honorable manner to serve the taxpayers of Nebraska.
Larry Anderson
Political Party: Republican
Candidate did not respond to survey.
Gene Siadek
Political Party: Libertarian
Candidate did not respond to survey.
Leroy Lopez
Political Party: Legal Marijuana NOW
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
Newcomer to Political Office
Small Business Owner for almost a year
Graduated from Southeast Community College in Mass Media/Communications
Graduated from Peru State College in Business Management
Managed Retail, Restaurant and Service Industry Businesses nearly 20 years
Why are you running for office?
I am running for State Auditor as part of the “We the People” movement. It is not what political power holds power, but that the power lies in “We the People” and not in lobbyists, corporations, PACs, NGOs, and special interests. Nebraskans want real people who will speak truth, righteousness, and who want to serve their state, not their own personal ambitions.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
I want full financial transparency and accountability from all the departments of the state. I will conduct investigations into PPP loans and other funds involved with Non-Government Organizations. I will work to find discrepancies and end unjustified payouts. As State Auditor, I want to put literal money back into the pockets of the taxpayer. I am willing to work with the governor, legislators, and heads of the different state entities to serve the people better. I have no loyalty to either major party, just loyal to my state and consider myself a Nebraskan first.
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Cracker Jack adds a new face to its roster
(Gray News) – As one of baseball’s most iconic snacks, Cracker Jack is adding a new face to its roster – Cracker Jill.
“We’ve been so inspired by how girls and women are changing the face of the game, so in this spirit, we introduce Cracker Jill to show girls that they’re represented even in our most iconic snacks,” said Tina Mahal, vice president, marketing at Frito-Lay North America.
Cracker Jill is represented in five different ways on a series of special-edition bags that will be sold in baseball parks across the country.
The intention is for Jill to continue to join Sailor Jack as a member of the team and part of the brand moving forward.
Frito-Lay also collaborated with award-winning artist Normani to put a new spin on the old classic, “Take Me out the Ballgame,” encouraging females in sports.
“As a young girl, I remember being inspired by athletes and artists who looked like me,” said Normani. “They made me believe that I could also achieve greatness as I watched them break barriers for women.”
Cracker Jack is donating $200,000 to the Women’s Sports Foundation and will send a Cracker Jill back to fans who donate at least $5 to the national non-profit, while supplies last.
“Our Foundation is an ally, advocate and catalyst to help unlock the possibilities in every girl and woman through the power of sport,” said Danette Leighton, WSF CEO. “Representation matters - it encourages and inspires the next generation. It’s wonderful to see Cracker Jill come to life, emphasizing the power that representation can have by celebrating women who’ve broken barriers.”
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Democrats accuse oil companies of ‘rip off’ on gas prices
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Wednesday accused oil companies of “ripping off the American people” and putting profits before production as Americans suffer from ever-increasing gasoline prices amid the war in Ukraine.
“At a time of record profits, Big Oil is refusing to increase production to provide the American people some much needed relief at the gas pump,” said Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Oil executives, testifying before Congress for the second time in six months, responded that oil is a global market and that oil companies don’t dictate prices.
“We do not control the market price of crude oil or natural gas, nor of refined products like gasoline and diesel fuel, and we have no tolerance for price gouging,” said Chevron CEO Michael Wirth.
The hearing comes as President Joe Biden has ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The national average gas price was $4.16 a gallon for regular on Wednesday, up from $2.87 a year ago, according to AAA.
Biden and other Democrats have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin and the U.S. oil industry, citing reports that oil companies have made record profits in recent months, as prices have risen following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“This is the Biden price hike,’’ countered Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state, the committee’s top Republican.
Noting that prices were increasing before Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, McMorris Rodgers said Americans “are too smart and have not fallen for this” claim by Biden and other Democrats. She called the hearing “purely political.”
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said Exxon has halted investments in Russia and is withdrawing from operations there. The company is increasing production in the United States, Woods said, including in the oil-rich Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas. Exxon also is increasing production outside the U.S., including “a world-class development in Guyana,’’ Woods said.
Under questioning from Pallone, Woods and other CEOs said oil companies have no plans to halt payments of dividends to stockholders or to restrict stock buybacks that have enriched shareholders and company executives. The six companies at the hearing recorded $77 billion in profits last year, they told Pallone.
Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., said gas prices are close to $5 per gallon in her Seattle-area district. Her constituents “are mad, and they should be,’’ she said, citing the record profits oil companies are reaping.
“This feels like gouging. It even feels like profiteering,’’ Schrier said. Prices at the pump have not gone down in recent weeks along with crude oil prices, she and other Democrats noted.
At a time of war and high prices, “oil companies should not be sending profits back to shareholders,’’ she said, urging oil executives to restore production to pre-pandemic levels.
Biden has called on Congress to impose financial penalties on companies that lease public lands but don’t produce oil, a request that so far has been ignored. Biden also invoked the Defense Production Act to encourage mining of critical minerals for batteries in electric vehicles, part of a broader push to shift to reduce use of fossil fuels and address climate change.
“The bottom line is if we want lower gas prices we need to have more oil supply right now,” Biden said last week in announcing the release of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. “This is a moment of consequence and peril for the world, and pain at the pump for American families.”
Higher prices have hurt Biden’s approval domestically and added billions of oil-export dollars to the Russian government as it wages war on Ukraine.
The release of oil from the U.S. stockpile could reduce oil prices, although Biden has twice ordered releases from the reserves without causing a meaningful shift in oil markets. Biden said last week he expects gasoline prices could drop “fairly significantly.”
Oil companies have pledged to boost domestic production, but it is growing slowly. Executives point to supply chain and labor constraints as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as investor demands for returns. They have called for more federal permits to allow additional leases.
Besides Exxon and Chevron, other companies represented at the hearing were Shell, BP, Pioneer Natural Resources and Devon Energy.
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Disney+ subscribers can save this summer at some resort hotels
(Gray News) – Disney+ subscribers can save at select Disney Resort hotels this summer.
People with the streaming service can save up to 25% on rooms for select Disney Deluxe and Deluxe Villa Resorts for stays most nights, July 8 – Sept. 30, 2022.
Just log in using the email associated with your Disney+ subscription to book online.
According to Disney, the hotels feature the same storytelling, detail and guest service found in the theme parks – including some familiar Disney friends hanging around.
Resort guests are also able to get into the four main parks 30 minutes early.
Valid admission and park reservation are required to enjoy the theme parks and special events and are not included in this offer.
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Hearing later this month for homeless man accused of murder
A quick competency hearing was held Wednesday afternoon for the man accused of killing a Palm Beach Gardens teenager last year.
The hearing for Semmie Williams Jr. was held in Palm Beach County courtroom just after 1 p.m.
Williams, 39, faces a charge of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Ryan Rogers, a 14-year-old William T. Dwyer Community High School freshman.
The teen was an avid soccer enthusiast who was found dead Nov. 16 near the Central Boulevard sidewalk at the Interstate 95 overpass, less than 24 hours after his mother reported him missing, police said.
Two mental health experts are evaluating Williams to determine if the homeless drifter is competent to stand trial in Rogers' death.
Judge Charles E. Burton agreed to set another hearing in the case for April 20.
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Louisiana mom accused of sending child to day care with meth, Xanax
OUACHITA PARISH, La. (KNOE) - Louisiana State Police said they arrested a woman accused of accidentally sending her child to day care with various drugs in the child’s lunch bag.
According to an arrest report, it happened Tuesday in Ouachita Parish. Authorities said a state trooper received a call from a day care regarding a child dropped off by Jennifer Wise, 35.
The report states that a search of the bag revealed about one gram of methamphetamine, five and a half clonazepam pills, and half a bar of Xanax.
Wise was located at her home. She reportedly told police that she had misplaced the drugs and had been looking for them.
State police said she also told investigators she had an “eight ball” of meth in her room. Investigators said they searched the room and found about nine grams of meth, and scales and baggies they said are commonly used in the distribution of drugs.
Police said she admitted to buying all of the drugs for $75 the day prior.
She was booked at Ouachita Correctional Center on six different drug charges, four of which are felonies, including possession with intent to distribute.
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Man facing charges after neighbor catches him peeping on little girls through window, police say
DRACUT, Mass. (WCVB) – Police in Massachusetts are seeking charges against a man accused of looking into the window of a little girl.
The girl, 5-year-old Aliza, and her 2-year-old sister are fortunately OK, but their mother, Emmarie Albert, said the two of them got quite the scare early Monday morning.
“The dog starts barking at the window, so he’s barking out the window and then she starts screaming that there’s somebody in her window,” Albert said.
As the sisters were in their bedroom, a neighbor letting her dog out around 2:15 a.m. saw the suspect right outside their window.
The neighbor, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the man took off, but his truck was still in the lot until around 4 a.m. when neighbors say they saw him drive off.
“I followed him and called the police and stayed on the phone with them and led them ... to where he was,” the neighbor said.
Police stopped the driver and plan to file charges as the family wonders why he came to their apartment.
“I don’t know why or what he wanted or what his deal was or if he has been watching us or I don’t know,” Albert said. “I think he’s a pervert. I mean, I don’t … there’s no other reason.”
The owner of the complex has a no trespassing order for the suspect.
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MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — Search crews are looking for an Aloha man who was reported missing on Tuesday night after he didn't return home from a snowboarding trip to Mt. Hood Meadows, the Hood River County Sheriff's Office (HRCSO) reported Wednesday morning.
The girlfriend of the missing snowboarder, 30-year-old Ryan Mather, reported her boyfriend missing at around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Search crews found Mather's vehicle at Mt. Hood Meadows and began an overnight search, which was unsuccessful.
Crews will continue searching Wednesday in areas around the Shooting Star Express chair lift, Mather's last reported location from late Tuesday morning. Crews will also search some back country areas in that area.
Multiple search agencies are participating in the search, including HRCSO, the Hood River Crag Rats, Pacific Northwest Search and Rescue, Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Patrol, Portland Mountain Rescue, Corvallis Mountain Rescue, Lane County Sheriff's Office, Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and the Oregon Air National Guard.
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A “highly pathogenic” avian influenza has been detected in Canada geese found dead in Strafford County, the state Fish and Game Department announced Wednesday.
More than 70 geese were found over the course of several weeks, and many were submitted for testing. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services lab confirmed the presence of the Eurasian H5 virus, and findings from both the University of New Hampshire’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab and a federal wildlife agency indicated the virus as the likely cause of death, according to a news release from Fish and Game.
Earlier this year, the Eurasian H5 virus was detected in mallard ducks in Rockingham County and other ducks in Grafton County. Last month, a Derry farm sanctuary had to euthanize its backyard flock of turkeys, ducks and chicken after several birds that had died tested positive for the flu virus.
It’s the first time since 2016 that the Eurasian H5 virus has been found in the United States in wild birds, Fish and Game said in the release. The illness has spread to 31 states since it was first detected in South Carolina in January.
“Sickness and mortality is usually low in wild birds but larger die-offs such as this one do happen,” the release said.
Officials say this type of influenza is considered a low risk to humans. But it can pose a danger to the poultry industry and to other domestic birds, Fish and Game said.
Wildlife agencies recommend that hunters and others who handle birds take precautions to protect themselves and the domestic birds they may encounter. Precautions include wearing gloves while handling birds, not handling sick or dead birds, and washing tools and work surfaces with soap and water and then disinfecting them.
Officials also recommend taking in bird feeders to help prevent the spread of the virus, particularly around domestic poultry.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers the risk to the public to be low. However, if you have had contact with a sick bird and become ill yourself, officials recommend contacting your health care provider to determine if testing is recommended.
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It was supposed to crush small businesses. Instead, the pandemic seems to have incubated them in the U.S.
The number of business locations increased in almost three-quarters of U.S. counties over the two years through September 2021, according to new research from the Economic Innovation Group, a Washington think tank. The fastest growth was in the Southeast of the country and inland western regions.
To be sure, plenty of U.S. businesses have suffered in the pandemic, and many were forced to shut down. Still, in the aggregate they proved resilient -- helped by a combination of direct government support for companies, and aid to households that propped up demand for goods and services, according to the EIG report.
"During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, fears of a massive wave of small business failures were pervasive," wrote Connor O'Brien, a research and policy associate at the group. "These fears failed to materialize."
In some parts of the country, especially older cities in the Northeast and upper Midwest, the numbers are less upbeat. New York City, Baltimore and Detroit are among metro areas that saw a net decline in business establishments over the period.
The worst performer of all, at the county level, was Manhattan. Between the end of 2019 and the third quarter of 2021 it lost more than 5,300 businesses -- including almost 500 financial firms, some of which decamped for Florida, and 400 full-service restaurants.
In the EIG report, professional and technical services were among the top areas for expansion, accounting for 23% of the net increase in business numbers nationwide. Freight trucking also grew rapidly, especially in counties that are traditional hubs, according to the analysis, which was based on the latest quarterly census of employment and wages carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Some of the COVID-era entrepreneurship may have been born of necessity, as people who lost their job in the initial wave of lockdowns set up their own businesses in an effort to make ends meet.
Another driver was the great migration spurred by the boom in remote work. Ada County in Idaho, for example -- home of the city of Boise, which had some of the fastest population growth in the pandemic -- saw a 23% increase in business establishments, with inflows boosting demand for services from real-estate agents to home refurbishers.
Similar trends were evident in places like Salt Lake County, Utah, and Broward county and Palm Beach in Florida.
The aging American population has been another driver of business formation. Support services for the elderly and disabled added almost 100,000 establishments, or 13% of growth, the EIG study found.
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Enough evidence exists to back up the claims of a former Hillsborough County prosecutor, who said he was fired in 2019 for refusing Manchester police demands that he take a case to trial involving the overdose death of a toddler, a judge has ruled.
The ruling involves a wrongful discharge lawsuit brought by former Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Donald Topham, who handled several high-profile prosecutions in Hillsborough County in 2019. Topham has sued both the county and former County Attorney Michael Conlon.
In effect, the order of Hillsborough County Superior Court Judge Will Delker means a trial can go forward.
Conlon, a single-term Democrat with no prosecutorial experience, fired Topham after Manchester police publicly criticized the Hillsborough County Attorney after a plea bargain that called for a 10-year prison sentence for the father of a 20-month old boy who died from a cocaine overdose.
According to the 11-page order, Conlon fired Topham the next business day after Capano called Conlon and complained about the plea bargain. Also, Conlon's office lacked policies addressing other issues raised at Topham's termination, and Conlon told others in his office that he wouldn't have fired Topham if not for police complaints.
"The circumstances of (Topham)'s termination present several questions of material fact that prevent the Court from finding, as a matter of law, that the defendants were not motivated by the desire to retaliate against (Topham) for entering into the pleas against the wishes of the Manchester Police Department," wrote Judge Will Delker.
It will be up to a jury, he said, to weigh the evidence in the case.
Delker also said a jury will consider the public policy benefits of prosecutorial discretion and the independence of a prosecutor's office.
Former Police Chief Capano had wanted a 20-year minimum or a trial for Joshua Garvey. Topham has said the plea bargain was in line with those of similar cases and the case would be difficult to prove if it went to trial. When modifications are factored in, Garvey was sentenced to five years in state prison after completion of a two-year residential drug treatment program.
On Wednesdays Topham said he could not comment on the ruling because the case is pending. Jury selection is scheduled for July.
The Union Leader sent copies of Delker's order to both the Manchester Police Department and the current Hillsborough County Attorney John Coughlin, a Republican, asking questions about the independence of the office and its relations with Manchester police.
Neither email was acknowledged.
Former Attorney General Gordon MacDonald, now the chief justice of the N.H. Supreme Court, had cited the Garvey case as one of three reasons for taking over the prosecutorial functions of Conlon's office in 2019. He eventually returned control of the office to Conlon, who lost re-election in 2020.
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The Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct pictured on May 28, 2020. A video taken that night shows a man, identified as Ivan Hunter, firing 13 rounds from a semiautomatic rifle into the police station.
A self-described member of the anti-government “Boogaloo Bois” extremist group was sentenced Tuesday to 52 months in prison for firing an assault rifle into a Minneapolis police station during the unrest that followed George Floyd’s murder in May 2020.
Ivan Hunter, 24, of Boerne, Texas, pleaded guilty in September to one count of participating in a riot, admitting that he traveled from San Antonio to Minneapolis to meet up with other Boogaloo Bois members on May 28, according to a criminal complaint against him filed in U.S. District court.
In addition to the prison term, Hunter will spend three years on supervised release.
Hunter was one of at least three Boogaloo Bois members prosecuted for participating in the rioting after Floyd’s murder by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020.
Benjamin Ryan Teeter of Hampstead, North Carolina, and Michael Robert Solomon, 31, of New Brighton, Minnesota, both pleaded guilty to providing material support for a designated foreign terrorist organization during the unrest.
Investigators found posts on Facebook made by Hunter and Teeter saying they were planning to go to Minneapolis. Hunter and Teeter communicated with each other as they traveled from their respective states to Minnesota, court documents said.
Hunter also communicated with Solomon. Hunter sent his precise location to Solomon on the evening of May 28, two blocks away from the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct on Lake Street.
A video taken that night shows a man, identified as Hunter, firing 13 rounds from a semiautomatic rifle into the police station, according to court documents.
At that time, there were other people believed to be looters still inside the building. Law enforcement found discharged rifle casings consistent with the firearm Hunter used at the scene, the court documents said.
When Hunter returned to Texas, he made several statements on social media about participating in violence in Minneapolis, court documents say. On June 3, Austin police officers initiated a traffic stop on a pickup truck, in which Hunter was a passenger, for various traffic violations.
Hunter had six loaded magazines for an AK-47-style rifle fastened to a vest he was wearing, court documents said. Officers also found three semiautomatic rifles in the vehicle and two loaded pistols.
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MANCHESTER -- Registration is now available for in-person classes at Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications. Classes are free and open to all.
All classes are taught at the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, 749 East Industrial Drive, Manchester, on Wednesday evenings, May, 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2022. Each class runs for four weeks, and times vary depending on the class.
Registration is open for the following classes:
Demystifying Misinformation, with instructor David Humphreys
This class will help students understand the modern history of misinformation, including propaganda — both current and historical. The class will examine the role social media has played in perpetuating misinformation, focusing on U.S. elections and the current Ukraine crisis. Humphreys is an assistant professor of communication at SNHU.
Flash Storytelling, with instructor David Humphreys
Flash Storytelling is the art of telling a story clearly and succinctly on video. Students will learn a brief history of filmmaking and how social media has shaped the way we consume video. The class will explore easy-to-use video editing tools and learn how to tell a story quickly for social media, such as Facebook Live, Instagram Stories and TikTok. The final class will feature student short films.
Public Speaking: Professional Presentation Skills, with instructor Andrea Bard
This class will allow participants to develop important presentations skills and knowledge through information and application. Bard is an associate professor of communication at Southern New Hampshire University.
Crisis Communications: Practice Before the Crisis Comes, with instructor Nick Ashooh
In this class, students will learn about the fundamentals of crisis communications planning, how to build a plan, and what really happens during a crisis. Ashooh is the senior director of corporate and executive communication at APCO Worldwide, which provides corporate communications services.
Citizen Reporting 101, with instructor Richard Watts
In this course students learn the basics of reporting from interviewing to media ethics to basic information requests. Students will complete at least one news story that will be published, with editing support. Instructor Richard Watts is the founder of the Vermont-based Community News Service and a former journalist. He is a senior lecturer in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Vermont.
Register for all classes at loebschool.org, and contact the school at loebschool@loebschool.org with questions.
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WASHINGTON -- It was supposed to be an evening of lighthearted political satire and bipartisan fellowship among an elite cadre of politicians, journalists and public officials, just as it has been for much of the past 137 years.
Instead, the annual Gridiron Dinner in Washington on Saturday appears to been notable as the source of a potential COVID outbreak among its A-list guests.
As of Tuesday morning, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced they had received positive results on coronavirus tests after attending the dinner at the downtown Renaissance Washington Hotel.
In addition, about a half-dozen journalists, and members of the White House and National Security Council staff also said they tested positive following the event. Their names are being withheld because they have not announced their status publicly.
Organizers of the dinner could not immediately be reached for comment.
The white-tie-and-gowns dinner attracted about 630 guests, including members of Congress, the Cabinet, diplomatic corps, military, and business. President Joe Biden did not attend, but appeared via video.
Among those in attendance were Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious-disease expert, and Centers for Disease Control director Rochelle Walensky.
Other guests included Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Edward Markey, D-Mass.; Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo.; Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Debbie Dingell, D-Mich.; attorney general Merrick Garland, agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack and special presidential envoy John Kerry; Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell; Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, both Republicans, and New York mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat.
The guest list also included White House press secretary Jen Psaki, former NFL great Emmitt Smith; NBA commissioner Adam Silver; CBS host Jane Pauley and her spouse, "Doonesbury" cartoonist Garry Trudeau; Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova; "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan, PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff; ABC White House correspondent Jonathan Karl, and Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan and editor Sally Buzbee.
Following a predinner cocktail reception, guests sat together at long narrow tables for hours, and watched satirical skits and songs performed by members. At the event's conclusion, guests joined hands for the traditional singing of "Auld Lang Syne."
The dinner was supposed to reflect a return to normalcy after being canceled the past two years due to the pandemic. Few guests wore masks or practiced social distancing, according to people in attendance. Only the serving staff was consistently masked throughout the evening.
One guest said that while organizers asked attendees to show their vaccination cards at the door, there was no requirement to be tested.
The evening's sketches, performed by veteran Washington journalists, parodied figures in both parties, although Republicans -- such as former president Trump, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Paul Gosar of Arizona, former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Tom Cotton of Arkansas - came in for the sharpest jabs. None of those figures were in attendance.
At one point, a performer dressed as Fauci sang from the stage to the real Fauci in the audience: "Doctor, doctor, give me some clues, we've got a bad case of COVID blues."
The Gridiron dinner is a smaller, more elite precursor to the better-known White House Correspondents' Association gathering in late April. That organization's president, Steven Portnoy, said Monday night that the WHCA will require guests at its event to show a same-day negative coronavirus test to enter its dinner.
Portnoy spoke before news of the Gridiron outbreak emerged; he said Tuesday morning that the WHCA was meeting to review its COVID protocols for the dinner. The president typically attends the event.
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WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday announced an attempt to recruit veterans and troops leaving the service into some of the tens of thousands of vacancies in the commercial trucking industry.
President Joe Biden unveiled a new task force that will work with national veterans organizations to develop an action plan to attract veterans and service members into the industry, as well as figure out how to retain them in trucking jobs. At least one in 10 truckers are veterans, according to a census report from 2019.
The task force is part of a larger effort to bolster the trucking industry, which moves 72% of the country's goods, according to the White House. Biden's administration has been under pressure to tackle supply chain issues that have disrupted the U.S. economy.
Speaking in front of the White House, Biden said Monday that the industry was one that "we desperately need at full strength."
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said there are 80,000 vacancies in the trucking industry, and about 300,000 truckers leave the profession every year.
"We must do more and do better to recruit more people into the job and support them, so they choose to stay in the job," Buttigieg said.
Veterans are uniquely qualified for commercial trucking jobs because of their attention to detail and experience with teamwork, said Sarah Amico, the executive chairperson of Jack Cooper Holdings, a car shipping company. Biden's administration is also looking to recruit veterans to help cut the unemployment and underemployment rates among the veteran population.
"If you can handle a tank, if you can handle an armored personnel carrier, you can sure as hell handle one of these suckers," Biden said, gesturing toward two semitrailers parked behind him at the White House.
The new task force will be led by Patrick Murphy, an Iraq War veteran, former congressman and former undersecretary of the Army. Murphy's grandfather returned from his service in World War II and became a commercial truck driver, he said. His father, a police officer, worked as a trucker on the weekends.
"What the task force is all about is to create that bridge between veterans and the trucking industry," he said. "For my family, which was built and survived on that industry, that bridge is how we got through. It needs to be more accessible to veterans."
In addition to the task force, Biden announced other initiatives Tuesday that his administration is taking to improve the trucking industry.
The Transportation Department expanded trucking apprenticeships, and it provided $57 million at the start of this year to help states expedite commercial driver's licenses. The White House said the funding led to an increase of 112% in commercial driver's license processing in January and February compared to the same period last year.
The administration is working to combat predatory truck-leasing arrangements, improve workplace safety and add truck parking — actions they think will help keep truckers in their jobs.
In addition to recruiting veterans, the White House is attempting to increase the number of women in the trucking industry. About 7% of truckers are women, according to the American Trucking Association.
The bipartisan infrastructure bill approved in November created the Women of Trucking Advisory Board, which will report on challenges facing women drivers and women interested in joining the profession.
The administration is also planning a "day of action" in April to raise awareness for the prevention of sexual assault and harassment in the trucking industry. At that time, the White House will call on the industry to commit to creating safe work environments.
"We have to keep it going with building a better economy around American manufacturing and the American supply chain," Biden said, addressing a group of truckers. "This country will be counting on you more than it ever has. So, you should be able to count on us to keep investing in you and your families."
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Democrats accuse oil companies of ‘rip off’ on gas prices
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Wednesday accused oil companies of “ripping off the American people” and putting profits before production as Americans suffer from ever-increasing gasoline prices amid the war in Ukraine.
“At a time of record profits, Big Oil is refusing to increase production to provide the American people some much needed relief at the gas pump,” said Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Oil executives, testifying before Congress for the second time in six months, responded that oil is a global market and that oil companies don’t dictate prices.
“We do not control the market price of crude oil or natural gas, nor of refined products like gasoline and diesel fuel, and we have no tolerance for price gouging,” said Chevron CEO Michael Wirth.
The hearing comes as President Joe Biden has ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The national average gas price was $4.16 a gallon for regular on Wednesday, up from $2.87 a year ago, according to AAA.
Biden and other Democrats have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin and the U.S. oil industry, citing reports that oil companies have made record profits in recent months, as prices have risen following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“This is the Biden price hike,’’ countered Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state, the committee’s top Republican.
Noting that prices were increasing before Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, McMorris Rodgers said Americans “are too smart and have not fallen for this” claim by Biden and other Democrats. She called the hearing “purely political.”
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said Exxon has halted investments in Russia and is withdrawing from operations there. The company is increasing production in the United States, Woods said, including in the oil-rich Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas. Exxon also is increasing production outside the U.S., including “a world-class development in Guyana,’’ Woods said.
Under questioning from Pallone, Woods and other CEOs said oil companies have no plans to halt payments of dividends to stockholders or to restrict stock buybacks that have enriched shareholders and company executives. The six companies at the hearing recorded $77 billion in profits last year, they told Pallone.
Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., said gas prices are close to $5 per gallon in her Seattle-area district. Her constituents “are mad, and they should be,’’ she said, citing the record profits oil companies are reaping.
“This feels like gouging. It even feels like profiteering,’’ Schrier said. Prices at the pump have not gone down in recent weeks along with crude oil prices, she and other Democrats noted.
At a time of war and high prices, “oil companies should not be sending profits back to shareholders,’’ she said, urging oil executives to restore production to pre-pandemic levels.
Biden has called on Congress to impose financial penalties on companies that lease public lands but don’t produce oil, a request that so far has been ignored. Biden also invoked the Defense Production Act to encourage mining of critical minerals for batteries in electric vehicles, part of a broader push to shift to reduce use of fossil fuels and address climate change.
“The bottom line is if we want lower gas prices we need to have more oil supply right now,” Biden said last week in announcing the release of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. “This is a moment of consequence and peril for the world, and pain at the pump for American families.”
Higher prices have hurt Biden’s approval domestically and added billions of oil-export dollars to the Russian government as it wages war on Ukraine.
The release of oil from the U.S. stockpile could reduce oil prices, although Biden has twice ordered releases from the reserves without causing a meaningful shift in oil markets. Biden said last week he expects gasoline prices could drop “fairly significantly.”
Oil companies have pledged to boost domestic production, but it is growing slowly. Executives point to supply chain and labor constraints as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as investor demands for returns. They have called for more federal permits to allow additional leases.
Besides Exxon and Chevron, other companies represented at the hearing were Shell, BP, Pioneer Natural Resources and Devon Energy.
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Disney+ subscribers can save this summer at some resort hotels
(Gray News) – Disney+ subscribers can save at select Disney Resort hotels this summer.
People with the streaming service can save up to 25% on rooms for select Disney Deluxe and Deluxe Villa Resorts for stays most nights, July 8 – Sept. 30, 2022.
Just log in using the email associated with your Disney+ subscription to book online.
According to Disney, the hotels feature the same storytelling, detail and guest service found in the theme parks – including some familiar Disney friends hanging around.
Resort guests are also able to get into the four main parks 30 minutes early.
Valid admission and park reservation are required to enjoy the theme parks and special events and are not included in this offer.
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Former Whitewater chancellor quit over free speech survey
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s former interim chancellor says he resigned over the UW System’s decision to query students about free speech rights
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s former interim chancellor said he resigned over the UW System leader’s decision to query students about free speech rights.
Jim Henderson abruptly resigned Monday, offering little explanation beyond that he felt he could no longer help recruit the best person to fill the position permanently. He told the Wisconsin State Journal for a story published Wednesday that he was upset over Interim System President Michael Falbo's decision to send out the survey after initially deciding that institutions wouldn't do it.
Henderson said chancellors raised concerns about the survey. He said he was worried students were tired of questionnaires and a free speech survey wasn't crucial at UW-Whitewater because students are exposed to a variety of voices. Falbo changed his mind because he was afraid of political fallout from Republican legislators concerned that campus leaders are working to stamp out conservative viewpoints, Henderson added.
UW-Stout's Menard Center for Public Policy and Service is conducting the survey. The center began in 2017 with a donation from the conservative Charles Koch Foundation. It was renamed the Menard Center after the Menards family, which founded the Menards store chain, donated $2.26 million to the center in 2019. The family is a major Republican donor.
Falbo told the State Journal that his stance on the survey changed last week after the center's director, Tim Shiell, told him that chancellors' concerns were based on incomplete information. Shiell said that the university board overseeing human research had approved the survey and the workload for schools would be limited to sending out emails.
“I acknowledge that some chancellors were disappointed in that decision, and it regrettably led to a resignation,” Falbo said in a statement.
Free speech has become a contentious issue on college campuses. Republicans have been pushing schools to crack down on students who disrupt conservative speakers and presentations. The GOP has maintained that liberal professors are indoctrinating students or making them feel uncomfortable about expressing conservative views.
UW System officials plan to email the survey to undergraduates at all 13 public universities on Thursday. Students have until May 6 to complete it.
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Louisiana mom accused of sending child to day care with meth, Xanax
OUACHITA PARISH, La. (KNOE) - Louisiana State Police said they arrested a woman accused of accidentally sending her child to day care with various drugs in the child’s lunch bag.
According to an arrest report, it happened Tuesday in Ouachita Parish. Authorities said a state trooper received a call from a day care regarding a child dropped off by Jennifer Wise, 35.
The report states that a search of the bag revealed about one gram of methamphetamine, five and a half clonazepam pills, and half a bar of Xanax.
Wise was located at her home. She reportedly told police that she had misplaced the drugs and had been looking for them.
State police said she also told investigators she had an “eight ball” of meth in her room. Investigators said they searched the room and found about nine grams of meth, and scales and baggies they said are commonly used in the distribution of drugs.
Police said she admitted to buying all of the drugs for $75 the day prior.
She was booked at Ouachita Correctional Center on six different drug charges, four of which are felonies, including possession with intent to distribute.
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Man facing charges after neighbor catches him peeping on little girls through window, police say
DRACUT, Mass. (WCVB) – Police in Massachusetts are seeking charges against a man accused of looking into the window of a little girl.
The girl, 5-year-old Aliza, and her 2-year-old sister are fortunately OK, but their mother, Emmarie Albert, said the two of them got quite the scare early Monday morning.
“The dog starts barking at the window, so he’s barking out the window and then she starts screaming that there’s somebody in her window,” Albert said.
As the sisters were in their bedroom, a neighbor letting her dog out around 2:15 a.m. saw the suspect right outside their window.
The neighbor, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the man took off, but his truck was still in the lot until around 4 a.m. when neighbors say they saw him drive off.
“I followed him and called the police and stayed on the phone with them and led them ... to where he was,” the neighbor said.
Police stopped the driver and plan to file charges as the family wonders why he came to their apartment.
“I don’t know why or what he wanted or what his deal was or if he has been watching us or I don’t know,” Albert said. “I think he’s a pervert. I mean, I don’t … there’s no other reason.”
The owner of the complex has a no trespassing order for the suspect.
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Mason City Police Department investigating overnight shooting
MASON CITY, Iowa (KTTC) – Mason City Police Department (MCPD) is investigating a shooting that happened early Wednesday morning.
According to MCPD, someone called police at 12:49 a.m. Wednesday morning from an apartment building located at 814 North Federal Avenue. The caller requested an ambulance for an injured person who appeared to be in pain.
Authorities say the caller was uncooperative with Dispatch and would not disclose further information.
Mason City Fire Department (MCFD) responded to the vague report, and upon arrival started to treat a 24-year-old with a fresh non-life-threatening gun shot wound.
The victim was transported by MCFD to Mercy One North Iowa Medical Center for further medical care.
MCPD interviewed the victim and occupants of one of the apartments. Police report that no one was being very cooperative, especially when asked the specific location of the shooting or why it happened.
The victim does not live at those apartments, and has no permanent address.
Due to lack of cooperation, MCPD is asking residents and businesses within a one block radius of 9th and N Federal Avenue to review any camera footage from approximately 12:30 a.m. to 12:50 a.m. Wednesday morning.
MCPD is looking for any footage that may show two or more individuals arguing over a backpack before the shooting.
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Police: Wauwatosa officers shoot, wound armed teenager
Police in a Milwaukee suburb say two officers shot and wounded a 17-year-old who was behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle and pointed a gun at them
WAUWATOSA, Wis. (AP) — Police in a Milwaukee suburb say two officers shot and wounded a 17-year-old who was behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle and pointed a gun at them.
According to Wauwatosa police, the officers made contact with the teen shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday while the vehicle was parked in an alley.
“The driver, and lone occupant, got out of the vehicle. He was armed with a firearm and did not comply with officer’s commands,” a news released stated. “Two officers fired their weapons and struck the subject.”
The officers provided first aid before the teen was taken to the hospital. He is expected to survive. The officers were not injured.
The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating the shooting.
The shooting is the third involving officers in Wauwatosa in the last two years.
Former Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah shot and killed 17-year-old Alvin Cole in February 2020. That shooting was ruled justified self-defense by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office after police said Cole pointed a gun in their direction.
In December 2020, a Wauwatosa police officer shot and injured a 35-year-old woman who was using a wooden stake to hit the officer’s squad car. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office said that officer acted in self-defense after the woman cracked the windshield of the squad car.
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Project leaders discuss summer road construction across area
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Project leaders from the city of Rochester, MnDOT and Olmsted County gather Wed. morning to unveil different road construction projects set to begin this spring and summer.
The project leaders said even though it seems like there are a lot of projects across the area, this year is comparable to other years.
Projects range from resurfacing roads in Olmsted County and adding roundabouts, to the MnDOT project of reconstructing the stretch of Hwy 52 N from Zumbrota to Cannon Falls.
In Rochester, construction will continue with North Broadway Avenue alleyways and side streets, and the completion of the Elton Hills Bridge.
Project leaders urge drivers to be patient while construction is going on, and to plan ahead and be cautious.
To learn about all of the city of Rochester projects, visit its project website.
To learn about all of the Olmsted County projects, visit its project website.
To learn about all of the MnDOT projects, visit its project website
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Windy and cold today and Thursday with rain and snow showers; sunshine returns this weekend
Wind chill values will be in the 20s for most of the next three days
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The large storm system that produced cool, gray, and wet weather across the region on Tuesday will continue to impact the area today as more of those strong winds will work to draw in even colder air. Expect persistent light rain throughout the day at times blown in on those raw, gusty west winds. High temperatures will be in the upper 30s and low 40s with wind chill values only in the upper 20s.
Light snow will mix with that rain late tonight and a light coating of half an inch or so will be possible, especially on grass surfaces and rooftops. Overnight lows will be in the low 30s with a strong west wind that will keep wind chill values in the teens to low 20s.
As colder air continues to pour into the region on the backside of the storm system Thursday, we’ll see more snow showers than rain with minor accumulation in spots that could reach an inch overall by the late evening. High temperatures tomorrow will be in the mid and upper 30s with wind chill values in the 20s as gusts will still be around 30 miles per hour.
Friday will be drier across the region, but clouds and strong winds will continue to impact the area as temperatures will only reach the upper 30s while wind chill indices will be in the 20s.
Sunshine will finally return to our sky Saturday as high pressure works its way in from the west on the heels of the departing storm system. We’ll have abundant sunshine with much lighter winds and afternoon high temperatures will be in the upper 40s.
Warmer, more seasonable temperatures are expected on Sunday with sunshine and a slight south breeze helping the cause. Expect readings in the mid-50s in the afternoon which is much more typical of mid-April.
A couple of storm systems will move in early next week, bringing more April showers to the area. We’ll have light rain during the day next Monday with just a few spotty showers expected for Tuesday Another round of rain will roll in for Wednesday with a possible transition to some wet snow and rain showers next Thursday as temperatures cool from the 50s to the low 40s toward the end of the week.
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TUPELO • Itawamba Community College will continue its Summer Edge program in 2022, rolling out an enhanced version that will offer all students an opportunity to take up to two three-credit hour classes for six credit hours with tuition and all fees waived.
Classes will be offered both online and face-to-face.
"Itawamba Community College is committed to student success and has worked diligently over the past two years to ensure all students are receiving the resources they need to be successful," ICC President Dr. Jay Allen said.
ICC feels the Summer Edge program is a significant opportunity to engage students who continue to experience economic barriers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.
"It will enable students to get an edge in classes through quality instruction at ICC," Allen said. "That is our continuing commitment."
ICC’s summer schedule enables students to take classes they need. Summer opportunities are also perfect for adults who want to explore other careers, build skills on their own or enroll in classes they never had an opportunity to take.
The summer session beginning dates include intersession, May 16; traditional full-term and first term, eLearning full-term and first four-week, June 1; and traditional second term and eLearning second four-week, June 27.
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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State is hiring Corry Irvin as an assistant on Sam Purcell's staff, a source confirmed to the Daily Journal.
Irvin joins Gabe Lazo, leaving room for one more assistant. The newest addition comes after Joi Williams was named an assistant athletic director for women's basketball Tuesday.
The moves for Purcell are coming quickly as he has turned his attention fully to Mississippi State following the conclusion of Louisville's Final Four run where he served as an assistant under Jeff Walz.
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Irvin joins MSU after a year as an assistant on Illinois' staff under Nancy Fahey. Prior to moving into the Big Ten, Irvin was head coach at Saint Xavier University where she led the team to back-to-back Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference championships.
Irvin's rise in the collegiate ranks comes through success at the high school level. She spent 18 seasons coaching at Chicago’s Whitney Young High School before joining the staff at Saint Xavier. She led the team to three state titles.
She attended Larkin High School in Elgin, Illinois, before attending Fresno State to continue her playing career. Upon graduation, Irvin finished her career at Fresno State ranked No. 10 on the program's all-time field goal list (360), No. 9 in rebounds (510), and No. 5 in blocked shots (55).
STEFAN KRAJISNIK is the Mississippi State athletics reporter for the Daily Journal. Contact him at stefan.krajisnik@djournal.com.
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MARLIN, Texas (FOX 44) – UPDATE: The victims in the Marlin plane crash have been identified.
The occupants of the Cessna plane were 55-year-old identified as Thomas Sands, Jr., of Sugar Land, and 27-year-old Cinnamon Franklin, of Greenwood, Indiana. Sands and Franklin were pronounced dead at the scene.
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded at approximately 12:40 p.m. Tuesday to a plane crash in a field east of the Marlin Airport, near CR-134 in Marlin.
Marlin City Manager Cedric Davis says he is not sure what happened, but says the single-engine prop plane ended up in a pasture about 60-70 meters past the runway.
Next of kin have been notified. The FAA and the NTSB are conducting the investigation.
The NTSB says the plane is a Cessna TU206. According to the FAA, the plane is registered to AMS, L.L.C. in South Bend, Indiana. It was flying from Houston to Waco.
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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ind. – A 20-year-old woman died in a three-vehicle crash in Franklin County Tuesday morning.
According to Indiana State Police, the crash happened around 11 a.m. on U.S. 52 in the southeastern part of Franklin County.
Police said it appeared a Ford F-150 truck driven by 30-year-old Dennis Poland crossed the center line while heading eastbound on U.S. 52 near St. Peter’s Road. The truck veered into the path of an oncoming Dodge Ram.
After the vehicles made contact, Poland’s truck slid sideways into the path of a semi truck, police said. The semi crashed into the passenger’s side of Poland’s pickup.
Poland’s passenger, 20-year-old Makenzie Howell, died from injuries suffered in the crash. Poland and the driver of the Ram were taken to the hospital. The driver of the semi was not hurt.
State police believe speed was likely a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.
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INDIANAPOLIS — If your kids love dinosaurs (or if you do — that’s totally cool, too) the place to be this weekend is Jurassic Quest at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Jurassic Quest is a family-friendly exhibit and interactive experience with life-size animatronic dinosaurs, arts and crafts, dinosaur rides, a giant fossil dig, a fossil science exhibit, inflatables and more.
The show is in Indianapolis Friday through Sunday, and tickets are available here.
Entry is timed to prevent crowds, so advance ticket purchase is recommend to guarantee your time slot. Tickets are available in 15-minute increments, and expect to spend 1-2 hours inside.
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As Native Americans cautiously welcome Pope Francis’ historic apology for abuses at Catholic-run boarding schools for Indigenous children in Canada, U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their own legacies of operating such schools.
Church schools are likely to feature prominently in a report from the U.S. Department of the Interior, led by the first-ever Native American cabinet secretary, Deb Haaland, due to be released later this month. The report, prompted by last year’s discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential school sites in Canada, will focus on the loss of life and the enduring traumas the U.S. system inflicted on Indigenous children from the 19th to mid-20th centuries.
From Episcopalians to Quakers to Catholic dioceses in Oklahoma, faith groups have either started or intensified efforts in the past year to research and atone for their prior roles in the boarding school system, which Native children were forced to attend — cutting them off from their families, tribes and traditions.
While the pontiff’s April 1 apology was addressed to Indigenous groups from Canada, people were listening south of the border.
“An apology is the best way to start any conversation,” said Roy Callison, a Catholic deacon and Cherokee Nation member helping coordinate the Oklahoma Catholic Native Schools Project, which includes listening sessions for those affected by the boarding school legacy. “That’s the first step to trying to get healing.”
In his meeting with Canada’s Indigenous delegations, Francis asked forgiveness “for the role that a number of Catholics … had in all these things that wounded you, in the abuses you suffered and in the lack of respect shown for your identity, your culture and even your spiritual values.”
Francis “did something really important, which is name the importance of being indignant at this history,” said Maka Black Elk, executive director of truth and healing for Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
That history “is shameful, and it is not something we should accept,” said Black Elk, who is Oglala Lakota.
Red Cloud, affiliated with the Catholic Jesuit order, was for generations a boarding school for Lakota children. It’s now a day school incorporating Lakota leadership, language and traditions. Black Elk is guiding a reckoning process that includes archival research and hearing the stories of former students.
Canada underwent a much-publicized Truth and Reconciliation process in recent years. The issue gained unprecedented attention last year after a researcher using ground-penetrating radar reported finding about 200 unmarked probable burial sites at a former school in British Columbia.
That discovery, followed by others across Canada, prompted Haaland to commission her department’s report.
“This history in the United States has not been addressed in the same way it has been addressed in Canada,” Black Elk said. The Interior report “will be an important first step about the work that needs to happen in this country.”
Church leaders are getting ready. The report “will likely bring to light some very troubling information,” said a letter circulated last fall to members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from two colleagues who chaired committees related to the issue. The letter urged bishops to build relationships with local Indigenous communities and engage “in a real and honest dialogue about reactions to the report and what steps are needed to go forward together.”
Conditions varied at boarding schools in the United States, with some described as unsafe, unsanitary and scenes of physical or sexual abuse. Other former students recall their school years as positive times of learning, friendship and extracurricular activities.
Indigenous groups note that even the better schools were part of a project to assimilate children into a predominately white, Christian society and break down their tribal identities, customs and languages — what many Indigenous groups call a cultural genocide.
“The very process of boarding schools is violent and damaging,” said Bryan Rindfleisch, an expert in Native American history at Marquette University who is helping Catholics in Oklahoma research their school legacy.
There were at least 367 boarding schools across the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries, according to the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, a Minneapolis-based advocacy group.
Most were government-run; many others were run by Catholic and Protestant churches.
The national healing coalition called Pope Francis’ comments a historic first step, but urged the Vatican to repatriate Indigenous artifacts in its museum collections and called on religious organizations to open their school archives.
In listening sessions held through the Oklahoma Catholic Native Schools Project, many participants told positive stories of school experiences, Callison said, though the church is committed to documenting the traumatic ones too. “You’re going to hear things you don’t want to hear,” he said.
The project will also include archival research and individual interviews with those affected. At least 11 Catholic boarding schools operated in Oklahoma.
“We need to get to the truth before we can deal with whatever hurt or celebrate whatever success” the schools achieved, Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley said.
Several church groups — including Quakers, Methodists and some Catholic religious orders — are backing pending legislation in Congress that would go beyond the Interior report. It would create a truth and healing commission, modeled on Canada’s, to investigate the boarding school legacy.
The New England Yearly Meeting of Friends — a regional group of congregations — issued an apology last year for Quakers’ historic sponsorship of such schools, acknowledging they were undertaken with “spiritual and cultural arrogance.”
“We are deeply sorry for our part in the vast suffering caused by this system and the continuing effects,” the New England group said.
It’s important for Quakers to accept such responsibility, said Paula Palmer, a Quaker from Colorado whose research has identified about 30 Native American boarding and day schools that were run by Quakers.
“The yearly meetings voted to support, operate and finance” the schools, she said. “So it’s really the yearly meetings who have the responsibility to respond. They were the ones who also participated in the whole project of forced assimilation of Indigenous children.”
The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has hired an archival researcher to document its own boarding school history.
The order is “committed to examining and sharing the truth of our history, even where that is difficult,” said the Rev. Ted Penton, secretary of the Jesuit conference’s Office of Justice and Ecology.
The Episcopal Church’s General Convention in July is expected to vote on a statement that would “acknowledge the intergenerational trauma caused by genocide, colonialism” and the operation of boarding schools and “other systems based on white supremacy.”
The convention will also consider authorizing a “comprehensive and complete investigation” of the church’s operation of such schools. The proposals came from a group appointed by denominational leaders.
Such measures are strong, but local dioceses also need to research their own histories and advocate for Indigenous peoples, said the Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Everett, Washington. Taber-Hamilton, whose heritage includes the Shackan First Nation of Canada, is an Episcopal Church representative to the worldwide Anglican Indigenous Network.
“It’s not enough to say, ‘I’m sorry, and here’s some money,’” she said. “We first have to do some very hard work of listening to the pain.”
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis is expected to receive more than $25 million in funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation due to the infrastructure law.
The announcement comes as the department’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) released tables that reflect funding increases authorized by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding will allow transit agencies to buy new buses and railcars, address their repair backlogs, modernize their fleets, and transition to new technologies to address the climate crisis.
“Every day, transit connects millions of Americans to jobs, schools, groceries, hospitals, resources, and countless other opportunities – all while helping to reduce pollution, congestion, and traffic,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “Now, thanks to the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are making the largest investment in public transit in our nation’s history.”
The funding table lists Indianapolis getting $25,118,831 from the FTA. Indiana will get another $128,927,736 in annual transit formula funding. The funding supersedes the partial-year funding announced in February.
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(The Hill) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday extended the pandemic moratorium on federal student loan payments and interest accrual through August, ending just three months before the midterm elections.
The president announced the extension until Aug. 31 in a statement, citing the still ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“To enable Americans to continue to get back on their feet after two of the hardest years this nation has ever faced, my Administration is extending the pause on federal student loan repayments through August 31st, 2022. That additional time will assist borrowers in achieving greater financial security and support the Department of Education’s efforts to continue improving student loan programs,” Biden said.
The freeze was set to lapse on May 1 per an extension signed by Biden in December, and the White House was under pressure by nearly 100 Democrats across both chambers to extend it. Loan payments were first put on hold in March 2020 under former President Trump, and the freeze has since been extended five times.
Trump’s order froze the accrual of interest on federal student loans, effectively freezing $1.6 trillion in debt owed by more than 40 million Americans.
Biden said on Wednesday that “the economy was barely growing” when he first continued the pause in January 2021, and that now “America is stronger than we were a year ago.”
“However, as I recognized in recently extending the COVID-19 national emergency, we are still recovering from the pandemic and the unprecedented economic disruption it caused,” the president said. “If loan payments were to resume on schedule in May, analysis of recent data from the Federal Reserve suggests that millions of student loan borrowers would face significant economic hardship, and delinquencies and defaults could threaten Americans’ financial stability.”
The Hill first reported on Tuesday that the announcement of another extension was expected to come this week, citing multiple sources.
Biden said that in September, when payments start again, the Department of Education will “offer additional flexibilities and support for all borrowers.”
“The Department of Education is committed to ensuring that student loan borrowers have a smooth transition back to repayment,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement. “This additional extension will allow borrowers to gain more financial security as the economy continues to improve and as the nation continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The new timeline falls short of the extension timeline that some Democrats had requested. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) was the leading voice in urging the president to extend the freeze through the end of the year, which would start payments up again after the midterm elections.
Biden, in his statement on Wednesday, did not mention the cancellation of student loans. In the 2020 campaign, he supported forgiving at least $10,000 in federal student loans per person.
A year ago, Biden requested a memo from the Department of Education to determine his authority to forgive student debt through executive action. Since then, the administration has not publicly announced if the memo is complete.
Advocates and other Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), have pressed for forgiveness of $50,000 per borrower or to cancel debt entirely. Schumer on Tuesday called for $50,000 forgiveness again after reports that the freeze would be extended.
“To extend the moratorium is a good thing, but of course, I believe the president should go further and forgive $50,000 in student loans permanently,” he said in remarks at the Capitol.
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers were critical of Biden for the freeze extension. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called the moratorium “an insult” and reckless on Tuesday.
“President Biden’s perpetual student loan payment moratorium is an insult to every American who responsibly paid debts. There’s no free lunch: this reckless move puts taxpayers on the hook for billions,” the senator said.
Thomas Gokey, an organizer with the Debt Collective, which advocates for student loan cancellation, called it “political malpractice” to restart loan payments before the midterms.
“Debtors had to fight to win even an extension to the pause. We know that you can’t pause a crisis, Biden can cancel the debt today with a signature. It would be political malpractice to restart payments right before the midterms,” he told The Hill.
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HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – A middle school principal in West Virginia is under investigation after being accused of telling female students not to report unwanted sexual conduct if they dress suggestively.
Two students and others at the Cabell County Schools Board Meeting on April 5 made allegations that the principal at Huntington East Middle School, De Morrow-Perry, took girls into the cafeteria of Huntington East Middle School on April 1 to talk to them about the dress code.
The students went on to say that Morrow-Perry told them not to wear pajamas, crop tops and ripped jeans, and not to show their shoulders because “boys are going to touch [them] and joke about touching [them].”
They say she told them that if they did get touched inappropriately as a result of wearing a certain item of clothing, to not tell school officials because the school will “do nothing about it.”
Jedd Flowers, the director of communications with Cabell County Schools, said the school district is aware of the allegations and launched an investigation on April 4.
He said that the school board takes all allegations seriously.
Flowers said Morrow-Perry has been put on a three-day unpaid suspension, but claimed it was not related to these allegations.
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HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) – Kit Kat fans are getting a new limited-edition flavor inspired by a classic baked good.
The Hershey Company unveiled the Blueberry Muffin Kit Kat, featuring a blueberry muffin-flavored creme “with notes of fresh and cooked blueberries, a cake batter-like muffin flavor, and graham cookie pieces folded into the bar.”
The flavor will be available at retailers nationwide starting in April in a 1.5-ounce standard bar, a 3-ounce king bar, and 0.49-ounce snack size.
“Our product creators have such passion for deciding which flavor Kit Kat should take on next and making sure it delivers for our fans,” said Dan Williard, brand manager of Kit Kat. “Kit Kat Blueberry Muffin has already become one of our favorites; it has all the taste of a freshly baked blueberry muffin, but no baking required!”
More information about Blueberry Muffin Kit Kats is available on brand’s official website.
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INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Indians postponed Wednesday afternoon’s game due to bad weather.
The team said the matchup against the Omaha Storm Chasers would be made up as part of a doubleheader tomorrow (April 7, 2022). Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. with first pitch for Game 1 at 6:05 p.m.
Thursday’s games will be seven innings each with a 30-minute intermission between the first game and the second one. A single ticket grants admission for both games.
The Indians lost their season opener to Omaha 4-1 Tuesday night. Wednesday’s game was originally scheduled for 1:35 p.m.
Fans with tickets for Wednesday’s game can exchange them for any future 2022 regular-season contest by contacting the Victory Field box office at (317) 269-3545 or tickets@IndyIndians.com.
Here’s a breakdown of the ticket exchanges:
- Club Tickets – Good for new Club Tickets
- Loge Tickets – Good for new Club Tickets
- Landing Tickets – Good for new Landing Tickets
- Season Suites – Good for Box Seat Tickets
- Daily Suites – Suite needs to be rescheduled with Sales Rep
- Picnic Tickets – Picnic needs to be rescheduled with Sales Rep
- Box Tickets – Good for new Box, Reserved or Lawn Tickets
- Reserved Tickets – Good for Reserved or Lawn Tickets
- Lawn Tickets – Good for Lawn Tickets
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Flagler County real estate
The Flagler Palm Coast News-Tribune publishes deed recordings of recent property sales in Flagler County supplied by the Flagler County Clerk of Circuit Court. The listings are limited to properties that sold for $300,000 or more. A complete list of recent transactions is available at news-journalonline.com. The following sales were recorded the week of March 7-11.
Bunnell
Henry Family Trust to 2018 Gary W Melvin Family Trust, part of section 34, township 13 south, range 29 east, $3,035.900. Allen Lands LLC to Cheban, Vyacheslav, parcel in tracts 1-3, block 2, section 13, township 12 south, range 29 east, $480,000. MB Family Holdings Inc to Bowers, Herbert E, lots 5-6, block 192, Town of Bunnell, $380,000.
Flagler Beach
Kendall, Hollis H Jr to Bauer, Christopher M, lot 7, Medow Subdivision, $860,000. Cass-Larmore, Carolyn to Meyer, Debra, lot 1 and part of lot 3, Moodys Subdivision, $812,000. Kaplan, Angelita to Kittredge, Justin P, lot 5, Silver Lake Subdivision, $600,000. Lewer, Stacy A to Richmond, Alesha, lot 19, block 22, Fuquay Subdivision, $525,000. Grabowski, Kiana to Shuler, Justin, lots 9-10, block 31, Fuquay Subdivision, $413,245. Garrison, Bruce L to Ledbetter, John C, part of sections 29-30, township 12 south, range 32 east, $399,900. Woodsong Enterprises LLC to Chmelecki, Lisa, lot 26, Shelter Cove Subdivision, $300,000.
Ormond Beach
Spar, Marsha R to Improte, Barry R, lot 38, Plantation Bay, section ICF, unit 1, $580,000. CP & HG Residential Lots LLC to Lepostollec, Cecelia, lot 17, Plantation Bay, section 2AF, unit 13, $381,068. CP & HG Residential Lots LLC to KS and PS United LLC, lot 18, Plantation Bay, section 2AF, unit 13, $377,646. Maronda Homes LLC of Florida to Symuleski, David M, lot 23, Huntington Green at Hunters Ridge, phase 2A, $371,495.
Palm Coast
Byrndog PCP LLC to KB Home Jacksonville LLC, parcel in government section 33, township 10 south, range 30 east, and in government section 4, township 11 south, range 30 east, $8,778,000. Lifecoast Church Inc to Byrndog PCP LLC, parcel in section 34, township 10 south, range 30 east, and government sections 3 and 10, township 11 south, range 30 east, $1,325,000. Pantchenko, Alla to Holloway, Stephen J, lot 49, Palm Coast Plantation PUD, unit 4, $1,160,000. Marano, Kathleen A to Duane E Knapp Living Trust, lot 2, block 5, map of Granada Estates, section 1, $925,000. Eisenberg, Joshua to Martin, Ronald C, lot 150, Sanctuary, $725,000. Goncalves, Antonio F to Lewis, Shirley C, lot 108, Palm Coast Plantation PUD, unit 1A, $640,000. Young, Kari S to Summer Haven Life LLC, unit 420, Surf Club II Condominium, $552,000. KB Home Jacksonville LLC to Harrell, Raymond L, lot 70, Las Casitas at Matanzas Shores, $424,211. KB Home Jacksonville LLC to Twibill, Christine A, lot 72, Las Casitas at Matanzas Shores, $372,269. KB Home Jacksonville LLC to Sirota, Michele M, lot 79, Las Casitas at Matanzas Shores, $328,924. Maronda Homes LLC to Powell, John, lot 232, Sawmill Creek at Palm Coast Park, $324,900.
Belle Terre
Benicoff, Redgenia K to OP SPE TPA1 LLC, lot 5, block 147, Belle Terre section 35, $386,000. Grierson, Mary L to Rocco, Tom, lot 27, block 1, Belle Terre section 13, $365,000. Offerpad SPE Borrower A LLC to Nesseler, James, lot 6, block 79, Belle Terre section 35, $349,900. Blue Water Homes Inc to Vignati-Woodard, Janet D, lot 52, block 7, Belle Terre section 17, $325,800. Torre, Diane M to Hart, Blaine, lot 31, block 9, Belle Terre section 35, $325,000. Mundy, Jason A to BM Land Trust, lot 91, block 3, Belle Terre section 12, $310,000. Gillings, Olga J to Li, Janna, lot 22, block 98, Belle Terre section 35, $300,000.
Bernard Meadows
Horner, Mark to Pauline Standish LLC, lot 4, block 2, Bernard Meadows section 81, $360,000.
Country Club Cove
Renha, Carla M to Guenveur, Edward L, lot 82, block 6, Country Club Cove section 14, $860,000. Tea, Hayleng to Ellis, Brad, lot 137, block 3, Country Club Cove section 15, $820,000. Verano, Daniel to Strniste, Barbara, lot 9, block 11, Country Club Cove section 3, $785,000. Ingram, Edward to Feldstein, Adam, lot 76, block 2, Country Club Cove section 15, $675,000. Nsheiwat, Fariss to Showalter, Terri, lot 45, block 11, Country Club Cove section 16, $550,000. Esoff, Kathleen to Tull, Scott C, lot 9, block 20, Country Club Cove section 4, $365,000.
Easthampton
Fay, Tami J to Glidden, Edward F II, lot 3, block 120, Easthampton section 34, $510,000. Jones, Stephanie to Confusione, Daniel, lot 12, block 128, Easthampton section 34, $479,000. Blanco, Iona A to Rondel, Dmitriy, lot 14, block 62, Easthampton section 34, $460,000. Holiday Builders Inc to Martinez, Gennaly A, lot 4, block 38, Easthampton section 34, $350,942. RH Asset Holdings LLC to Innocent, Louby, lot 6, block 54, Easthampton section 34, $328,924.
Florida Park
Lopes, Antonio M to Gonzalez, Benge, lot 29, block 17, Florida Park section 9, $549,000. Thousand Family Revocable Living Trust to Hardy, Bennett, lot 16, block 3, Florida Park section 6, $525,000. Barroqueiro, Antonio M to Massey, Denise E, lot 22, block 9, Florida Park section 9, $385,000. Brite Group Holdings Florida LLC to Turrell, Amanda L, lot 55, block 8, Florida Park section 7, $357,000. RHAsset Holdings LLC to Moloney, James J, lot 8, block 16, Florida Park section 10, $349,700. Avtec Homes Inc to Rolle, Charlene, lot 3, block 19, Florida Park section 10, $341,775. Landsea Homes US Corporation to Cooley, Kelly, lot 22, block 18, Florida Park section 9, $330,309.
Grand Landings/Grand Reserve
Dream Finders Homes LLC to Murphy, Jennifer L, lot 5, Grand Landings, phase 4, $484,107. Folger, Michael to Frizzell, Naomi, lot 28, Grand Reserve and Golf Club RPUD, unit 1, $450,000. Dream Finders Homes LLC to Bongiorno, Susan, lot 7, Grand Landings, unit 1, $443,987. Dream Finders Homes LLC to Rastogi, Naveen, lot 67, Grand Landings, phase 4, $381,857. Dream Finders Homes LLC to Gardeazabal, Gloria I, lot 2, Grand Landings, phase 4, $362,973. Dream Finders Homes LLC to Marx, Douglas R, lot 173, Grand Landings, phase 4, $350,127. Dream Finders Homes LLC to Crowell, Susan J, lot 155, Grand Landings, phase 4, $321,125.
Hammock area
Casimiro, Jorge L to Joseph, Diane P, unit 701, Le Jardin at Hammock Dunes Condominium, $2,787,500. Appel, Peter A to 1101 Cambria LLC, unit 1101, Cambria at Hammock Dunes Condominium, $2,595,000. Chinn, Richard G to Rosenblit, Neil, unit 1112, Hammock Beach Club Condominium, $2,350,000. Hady Family Limited Liability Limited Partnership to Bledsoe, Deneah, unit 203, Portofino at Hammock Dunes, $915,000. Crandall, John G to Fries, Kaitlyn R, unit 335, phase 3, Cinnamon Beach at Ocean Hammock Condominium, $685,000. Frank, John P to Clayton, George, lot 9, Northshore Plat Three, $639,000. Cerniglia, Nancy to Pieterse, Wilhelm J, unit 2104, building 2, La Grande Provence Condominium, $569,000. Parson, Denise E to 3843 NOSB LLC, lot 20, Hammock Dunes Clusters 16C, 19 and 20, $535,000. Jeffries, Adam K to Callaghan, MaryE, lot 71, Ocean Hammock, parcel A5, plat 1, $400,000. Investar Partners Limited Liability Company to EGR Industries Inc, unit N407, One Bedrooms at Hammock Beach Club Condominium, $308,000.
Kankakee Run
Busler, Henry T to Dudley, Margaret A, lot 10, block 11, Kankakee Run section 65, $362,500.
Laguna Forest
Adams Homes of Northwest Florida Inc to Carlough, Christina R, lot 9, block 31, Laguna Forest section 64, $345,000. Almanac Group Inc to Chaperon, Constancia, lot 3, block 35, Laguna Forest section 64, $325,000.
Lakeview
Demarco, Ruby to Guardian Property Investments LLC, lot 2, block 149, Lakeview section 37, $426,000. Canon Capital LLC to Washam, Deborah C, lot 12, block 104, Lakeview section 37, $360,000.
Pine Grove
Amaral Custom Homes Inc to Turon, Liliana E, lot 12, block 55, Pine Grove section 24, $400,000. Brite Equities LLC to Zakrjevskaia, Natalia, lot 46, block 54, Pine Grove section 25, $369,900. JM Properties X LLC to Lee, Erica J, lot 15, block 46, Pine Grove section 26, $349,000. Shambach, Margaret to Rodrigues, Filomena, lot 13, block 35, Pine Grove section 28, $329,900. Bayer, Dennis K to Brown, Patrick, lot 11, block 41, Pine Grove section 28, $321,000. Seagate Homes LLC to Dominianni, Brigida, lot 12, block 71, Pine Grove section 25, $313,452. Turner, Donna E to Tuttle, Adam, lot 15, block 47, Pine Grove section 25, $300,000.
Royal Palms
Shestakov, Pavel to McGovern, James M, lot 11, block 3, Royal Palms section 33, $430,000. Adams Homes of Northwest Florida Inc to Morgan, Linda S, lot 4, block 40, Royal Palms section 32, $365,000. Rowe, Albert to Rowell, Donald, lot 4, block 6, Royal Palms section 32, $365,000. LGI Homes Florida LLC to SFR JV HD Property LLC, lot 12, block 8, Royal Palms section 30, $352,900. Zoumas, Nicholas to Mahon, Dennis, lot 12, block 14, Royal Palms section 33, $330,000. Harrison, Joey to Shurupov, Boris, lot 13, block 26, Royal Palms section 31, $315,000.
Seminole Park
Boeldt, Virginia E to Lapage, Patricia D, lot 6, block 63, Seminole Park section 59, $429,900. Brite Group Holdings Florida LLC to Colomara, John, lot 5, block 25, Seminole Park section 58, $399,900.
Ulysses Trees
Forestwood Investments FL LLC to One Third Construction LLC, lot 15, block 20, Ulysses Trees section 57, $802,748.
Wynnfield
Korosi, Lisa M to Wiegner, Michael M, lot 3, block 16, Wynnfield section 19, $400,000. Boyce, George M IV to Schimenti, Diane, lot 4, block 32, Wynnfield section 23, $377,000. Reeves-Joynes, Ida M to Opendoor Property Trust I, lot 7, block 31, Wynnfield section 23, $347,400. Burkholder, Roger to Opendoor Property Trust I, lot 5, block 10, Wynnfield section 27, $315,800. Goldfarb, Lev to Maldonado, Jesus, lot 2, block 37, Wynnfield section 23, $308,000. Opendoor Labs Inc to Godette, Jamesetta M, lot 30, block 9, Wynnfield section 27, $306,000.
Zebulahs Trail
LGI Homes Florida LLC to Villareal, Ernesto R, lot 10, block 3, Zebulahs Trail section 63, $314,900.
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What's happening in Flagler County
Flagler County Fair/Youth Livestock Show
The fair and youth livestock show will take place from today, April 6, to April 8 at the Flagler County Fairgrounds, 150 Sawgrass Road, Bunnell. There will be no midway or carnival rides this year.
Here's the schedule for the livestock shows:
- April 6, 7-9 p.m., steer, heifer and goat shows
- Aprl 7, 7-9 p.m., swine show
- April 8, 6:30-11 p.m., chicken, rabbit, goat, steer and swine auction
(The pullet and rabbit shows took place on Monday.)
For information, visit flagler county fair
Chef Warren to demostrate cajun cooking
The cooking series at Flagler County Public Library continues at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 8, as Chef Warren demonstrates cajun and creole cooking. The program is free and open to the public.
FCPL is at 2500 Palm Coast Parkway N.W. For information, call 386-446-6763 or go to flaglercounty.gov/departments/library
Woman's Club to host book and bake sale
The Flagler Woman’s Club will hold a Book Sale & Bake Sale on Saturday, April 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the clubhouse, 1524 S. Central Ave., Flagler Beach. Author Jim Farrell, of Palm Coast, who has written eight novels and two collections of short stories, will be signing and selling his books at our event. For more information, call 215-209-9332 or 386-569-7813.
SEAS Men's Club to schedules Parish Yard Sale
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's Parish Yard Sale Saturday will be held at the rear of the Church Campus on Saturday, April 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with a rain date of April 30. Drop off of good clothing, bikes, tools, books, skateboards, chairs, handbags, desks, etc., will be on Saturdays through April 16 at the SEAS Garage from 10 a.m. to noon. Yard Sale week drop offs will be Wednesday, April 20, from Noon to 3 p.m. and Friday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Ladies Guild has promised several tables of arts and crafts and there will be a display of antique cars. Refreshments will be available.
For information, call 703-405-2503 or 682-203-0238.
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Flagler County Fire Rescue lieutenant creates sensory boxes for special needs patients
It was the personal experience of dealing with the special needs of his 4-year-old daughter that inspired Flagler County Fire Rescue Lt. Jon Moscowitz to create sensory boxes to comfort special needs patients during medical calls, which also helps them connect and communicate with paramedics. Every Flagler County emergency vehicle in the county is now equipped with “Brookie Sensory Boxes,” named for his daughter Brooklynn
“It is my dream to have every fire department equipped with ‘Brookie Sensory Boxes,’ and potentially available to all school resource deputies as well,” Moscowitz said. “My daughter may go several places with me or other family members, but no matter where she is, she is always in a firefighter’s care, should the situation arise. I want first responders to know how to comfort and communicate with her if the need is ever there.”
Moscowitz, along with his wife, Cherish, created their Brookie Sensory Boxes with items touted for their ability to engage all five senses and limit sensory overload. Their inclusion on all rescue vehicles means they are available for all patients who have a sensory processing disorder.
Each box includes toys and objects, such as touch-and-feel books, plush toys, fidget toys and hearing protection. Boxes also contain dry-erase boards with markers to allow communication for those who are non-verbal.
Autism – a neurodevelopment disorder that causes a wide range of impairments in communication and restrictive and repetitive behaviors – is one common sensory processing disorder. April is “Autism Awareness Month,” designated to raise awareness, acceptance, appreciation and understanding of the disorder.
Autism affects one in 44 children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Florida Department of Education reports that statewide, 47,667 children (kindergarten through 12th grade), are reported to have sensory processing disorders.
“This is a wonderful tool for our units to carry to assist children and adults who are having a hard time communicating,” said Fire Rescue Chief Michael Tucker. “These boxes provide comfort items in a time of distress.”
Those interested in assisting Moscowitz and his wife, or sponsoring a box, should contact them at brookiesensoryboxes@gmail.com.
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Flagler County government meetings
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Bunnell
- April 11, 7 p.m., City Commission, Government Services Building, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Board Chambers
Flagler County
- April 12, 6 p.m., Planning & Development Board, Government Services Building, first floor Board Chambers
Palm Coast
- April 6, 10 a.m., Code Enforcement Board, City Hall, 160 Lake Ave.
- April 12, 9 a.m., City Council, City Hall
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FLAGLER COUNTY SCHOOLS Schools observe multiple celebrations in April
There’s a lot to celebrate this week and this month in Flagler Schools! To begin, April is School Library Month, National Volunteer Month and Counseling Awareness Month. And this week is National Robotics Week, National School Library Week and National Assistant Principal’s Week!
Now, on to the news from our schools!
Belle Terre Elementary School
Mrs. O’Shaughnessy’s class participated in the winter Mosquito Sweater Contest. Avery Smith was the Belle Terre Elementary school winner! She received a goodie bag full of prizes from Flagler County Mosquito Control. A book about mosquito facts and safety was added to their classroom library.
Mrs. Fajardo’s sixth-grade class had a number of special visitors. They were there to teach students about various careers available to them once they graduate. Samantha Quigley (who happens to be Mrs. Fajardo’s daughter) stopped by to talk about being a consultant pharmacist as well as her husband’s career as a forensic engineer.
Next, Joshua Myers from Kansas made a “virtual visit” to talk about eSports. Mr. Myers is the Director of Competition for the largest collegiate esports league in North America. He told them about scholarships available, competitions and careers.
Finally, the class was joined by a representative from the University of Florida as a part of the “Scientist in Every Florida School” program. They spoke to the students about a career in paleontology. It was another great “virtual” trip to UF.
Indian Trails Middle School
Several ITMS scholars participated in the Penda Science Spring Break Challenge and placed, earning gift cards and a pizza party. Students earned points by mastering specific science activities with an 80% or higher. Our honorees were: Timothy Ritz-Sebastian, Jaydyn Parker, Ava Muldoon, Olivia Rabbat, Drayton Ely, Isabella Harrell, Noralaey Dominguez and Mandy Flaherty. The top eighth-grade student was Timothy Ritz Sebastian.
Old Kings Elementary School
When it comes to reading, there are a few words that tend to stump all of us. But odds are, students at Old King Elementary School will work through those tricky words. Students were given a list of 220 trick words and then were able to read them to school administrators. For everyone who completed the 220 Word Challenge, a special T-shirt was their prize (along with the knowledge, of course).
Matanzas High School
The Matanzas Pirate Players are putting the finishing touches on their spring musical. “We Will Rock You” features music and lyrics by Queen, with the story and script by Ben Elton. The show will be performed April 21 - 23 at the Matanzas High School Pirate Theater. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online. Additional information can be found on the Matanzas High School website here.
Wadsworth Elementary School
Our three Stem Academy teams traveled to the panhandle last weekend to take part in the First Lego League State Championships at Northwest Florida State College. Team Titanium was named “Rising All-Stars.” Congratulations to all the team members on Teams Chromium, Platinum and Titanium!
Bunnell Elementary School
We want to thank all the students and parents who turned out for our “Movement Extravaganza" on March 28. It was a great opportunity for parents to hang out with their children and take part in some friendly competitions, as well as just moving around. We even had a cooking demonstration, with the always-popular tasting opportunities!
Buddy Taylor Middle School
Thank you, Ms. Brooks & our Drawing I scholars who created a school-wide Kindness campaign that rewarded students who were nominated by their peers for being kind. Programs like this one give our students so many opportunities to shine and succeed.
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EXTENSION NOTES A taste of tradition: 65th Annual Cracker Day returns
After two years’ hiatus due to some creepy crawly virus, Cracker Day returned with a vengeance. Where else can you go to eat beef that’s been slow-grilled over Blackjack oak all night long, enjoy professional bull riding by the Rough Riders, and watch kids try to lay on a goat backwards for 7 seconds while running through the arena?
Only Cracker Day in Bunnell, Florida. The entertainment includes bull ridin’, ribbon ropin’, steer saddlin’, chute doggin’, pig chasin’, boot racin’ and goat ridin’ for all ages. The announcer is the infamous George Deloach, who knows how to blend humor with an educational flare to help the city slickers understand what’s going on in the arena. That’s just a taste of the tradition that we enjoyed during the 65th Annual Cracker Day at the fairgrounds in Flagler County on March 26.
The event was dedicated to Randy Buckles this year as an appreciation for his long-standing commitment to leading the cooking team for this annual event. It’s a process that starts with harvesting blackjack oak from the sandy hills near the Princess Place Preserve. Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica) is a native species that grows in native, dry, sandy soils across the eastern and central U.S. It’s a relatively small red oak with a narrow trunk (typically 3 to 5 inches in diameter) with a large, three-lobed, bristle-tipped leaf. The wood is very dense and produces a hot flame.
For the Cracker Day event, logs are stacked in a 5-foot by 5-foot rack and the fire continually burns all night and into the next day. Coals generated from the slow-burning fire are shoveled into the large pits housed at the Flagler County Fairgrounds. Bottom round cuts of beef are cooked slowly over fire in covered grill pits for 14 to 16 hours. A team of 20 people stay up all night, keeping the fire stoked, shoveling coals and turning the meat until it’s just right. Randy started cooking for Cracker Day with his father, Victor Buckles, over 40 years ago and this timeless tradition has increased from 150 pounds of beef to 4,000 pounds of beef prepared in 2022.
According to Walton Cowart, this year’s event was one of the most well-attended and well-supported Cracker Day Events in the 65-year history. The price was increased from $10 to $20 this year, and Mike Boyd heard only two complaints about the price increase as he welcomed all the arriving guests. Honestly, with the loaded platters of beef, beans, slaw, bread and sauce as well as the old-fashion, Wild-West entertainment, it’s a deal that can’t be found anywhere else. If you missed it this year, you may want to add it to your calendar for next year. It’s always the last Saturday of March, so make sure you come join the fun next year. Thanks to the wonderful volunteers who come out every year to stoke the fire, turn the meat, slice the bottom rounds, prepare and distribute the dinners, sell the tickets, and assist with the livestock. It’s a family-friendly event that will hopefully continue another 65 years.
The author is employed by UF/IFAS Extension, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agriculture - An Equal Opportunity Institution.
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Nine Inch Nails added to Welcome to Rockville lineup in Foo Fighters closing-night slot
DAYTONA BEACH — Highly revered industrial-rock outfit Nine Inch Nails, out on the road for the first time since 2018, has been added as closing-night headliner of the Welcome to Rockville music festival May 19-22 at Daytona International Speedway, the festival’s promoter announced Wednesday.
Nine Inch Nails will be performing in the slot recently vacated by Foo Fighters.
That band canceled its upcoming tour dates in the wake of the death of the band’s drummer, Taylor Hawkins, who was found dead in his hotel room at a tour stop in Bogotá, Colombia, on March 25. He was 50.
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“We are excited to announce that Nine Inch Nails is your Sunday headliner!” Los Angeles-based Danny Wimmer Presents, the event’s promoter, announced in a brief email and social media blast.
For Nine Inch Nails, the Daytona Beach performance will be part of a limited number of U.S. tour dates this spring, a slate that includes stops on April 28 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and April 30 at the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta.
Since the band’s most recent tour in 2018, Nine Inch Nails dropped side-by-side, simultaneously released albums, "Ghosts V: Together" and "Ghosts VI: Locusts," at the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
In addition, frontman Trent Reznor and his longtime collaborator Atticus Ross created soundtracks for productions including the HBO series “Watchmen,” the Disney-Pixar film “Soul” and the Netflix productions “Bird Box” and “Mank,” among others.
Welcome to Rockville to feature nearly 90 acts
In March, Welcome to Rockville announced the addition of more than 15 bands to the festival lineup that now includes nearly 90 heavy-metal acts.
The new additions are: Bad Omens, Blacktop Mojo, Giovannie & The Hired Guns, Whitechapel, Mike’s Dead, Stitched Up Heart, The Word Alive, Saul, Lacey Sturm, Crobot, Superbloom, Redlight King, Devil’s Cut, Extinction A.D., The Dose, Moon Tooth, Cold Kingdom and Crooked Teeth.
The newly announced acts join a previously announced lineup that includes headliners Guns N’ Roses, KISS and Korn, as well as The Smashing Pumpkins, Megadeth, Jane’s Addiction and Five Finger Death Punch, among many others.
More:Welcome to Rockville 2022 lineup additions include The Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction
Single-day and weekend passes are on sale now at WelcomeToRockville.com starting at $109.99 for single day and $279.99 for four-day passes, not including fees. Passes can be purchased as general admission or VIP.
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Report: Palm Coast man charged with animal cruelty after shooting dog
Barking and gunshots in the Seminole Wood’s section of Palm Coast led detectives to a sweaty man with a bloody lip who was subsequently accused of shooting a dog in the snout, according to a press release from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
Jamier Lee-Bright, 25, was charged with felony animal cruelty and tampering with physical evidence, the release stated. Lee was arrested Monday and held at the Flagler County jail until his release early Tuesday after posting a $7,500 bond, according to the release.
The dog, named Rocky, is expected to make a full recovery, the release stated.
The case began about noon Saturday when neighbors on Seaman Trail East called 9-1-1 to report hearing dogs barking and crying and then a gunshot, according to the release.
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When deputies went to Lee-Bright's home he denied hearing anything, the release stated. But deputies said Lee was “sweating excessively” and had a cut on his lip, a release and report stated.
When they checked the backyard, deputies spotted a freshly dug hole, the release stated. A deputy also saw Lee trying to hose off the lanai, an incident report stated.
Lee-Bright said the hole was for a tree he was planting but deputies did not see any tree, the report stated. Lee said the cut on his lip was from shaving but deputies said it did not appear to be from shaving, a report said.
He eventually told detectives he'd been awakened by a family member who told him their dog had bitten her, the release stated.
Lee-Bright said he got a gun, picked up the dog and took it outside, the release stated. He said he then shot the dog once in the head, the release stated.
He said he then dragged the dog back inside and locked it in the kennel and tried to clean the blood off the patio so no one would know what happened, the release stated.
Detectives then entered the house and found the dog “visibly in pain” in the kennel, the release stated. The dog appeared to have two wounds, one in the snout and one in the chest, although it was unknown if the wounds were caused by a single bullet or two, a report stated.
The dog was taken to the Flagler Animal Hospital.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly thanked the concerned neighbors who reported the incident, the detectives who gathered the evidence and animal control for helping to get treatment for the dog, the release stated.
“Also to the neighbors who contacted us to report this incident, you may have very well saved this dog’s life,” according to the statement from Staly. “This was a great team effort (by) everyone involved and I hope this guy never gets the privilege of owning a pet again.”
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DeLand counselor creates nonprofit co-op for mental health workers, people needing affordable help
Even before the coronavirus pandemic forced many into working remotely, mental health counselors worked in an environment that could leave them feeling isolated.
Counselors and other mental health workers don't have co-workers the way people in many other fields do. As a result, the opportunities to connect with someone who shares similar career goals and struggles aren't plentiful.
DeLand resident and counselor David Joseph wants to change that and is already working toward doing so.
Joseph serves as the director of the nonprofit DeLand Counseling Co-op, a group of mental health workers teaming up to stave off burnout and make counseling more financially attainable.
The co-op currently has six counselors, including Joseph, and office space above The Dreka Theater in downtown DeLand.
While each counselor has their own practice and sets their own rates, members of the co-op agree to a sliding fee scale and to host at least one free group session per month. Scholarships also are available for those needing financial assistance.
"Counselors who are part of the co-op need to be community-minded," Joseph said in a phone interview.
The idea for the nonprofit, which was incorporated in October, developed out of conversations with Michelle Bradt, a licensed clinical social worker.
"She recognized that there weren't any places to process or work through the kind of trauma medical personnel are experiencing," Joseph said.
Bradt worked full-time as a hospital case manager in an intensive care unit throughout most of the pandemic.
The job, which she now does part-time, had taken its toll on her and led to what experts in the field refer to as "compassion fatigue."
Though not a fan of the name ascribed to what she'd been feeling, Bradt said it's an industry-wide issue.
Compassion fatigue is "stress resulting from exposure to a traumatized individual," according to an article in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. It's also been described "as the convergence of secondary traumatic stress and cumulative burnout, a state of physical and mental exhaustion caused by a depleted ability to cope with one’s everyday environment."
Those working in healthcare and community service or as emergency responders "are particularly susceptible" to compassion fatigue, which "can impact standards of patient care, relationships with colleagues, or lead to more serious mental health conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety or depression," according to the article.
"We are handling people often at the worst times of their lives, and we see and hear and talk about really difficult things," Bradt said. "Definitely counselors need to go to counselors if only to process the things that we are dealing with."
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Group work
While the co-op gives counselors an opportunity to be there for fellow mental health workers, the members also see it as a means of providing care for underserved communities with group counseling sessions.
The goal also is to avoid duplicating services, Joseph said. For example, support groups dealing with alcoholism or anger management already exist.
Joseph has a group for parents of children on the autism spectrum.
"There are a lot of resources available for the kids, but not for the parents," Joseph said.
Bradt will be hosting a group session later this month for secondary trauma experienced by those working in the medical and healthcare fields.
From time to time, the co-op also will host events open to the public that raise funds to go toward treatment scholarships.
On Thursday night the co-op is hosting "Mental Health Matters" at The Dreka Theater, 112 E. New York Ave. Tickets are $20 plus fees; scholarships are also available.
Orlando-based counselor Aaron Moore, who also works as a speaker and adviser for the widely-recognized nonprofit To Write Love on Her Arms, will lead the conversation.
The event will touch on the stigma and shame often associated with mental health issues and treatment as well as suicide prevention. All participants also will receive their QPR (question, persuade and refer) certification.
Much like CPR, QPR "is an emergency response to someone in crisis and can save lives," according to the QPR Institute. QPR training teaches people how "to identify and interrupt the crisis and direct that person to the proper care."
For more information on the co-op or to purchase a ticket to Thursday's event, visit delandcounselingco-op.com.
If you are at risk, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for support at 800-273-8255.
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KEN WILLIS: It's Tiger, Tiger, Tiger as the Masters prepares to tee off
AUGUSTA, GA. — Some 365 acres spread across rolling Georgia terrain. Mammoth pines, thick magnolias, the forecaster’s promise of wall-to-wall blue skies to come, complete with crisp springtime air whipped across the greenery by brisk breezes.
And not an ounce of oxygen available for 90 of the 91 golfers who’ll step to the first tee Thursday morning at Augusta National.
’Twas a time when the Masters was bigger than any golfer. Any group of golfers, actually. Bigger than Arnie. Bigger than Jack. And frankly, bigger than Tiger.
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Until this year, when Tiger Woods’ name remained on the entry list as tournament week approached, and remained, and remained, right through his Tuesday press conference when he declared, “As of right now, I feel like I am going to play.”
It's big. People who don’t know a sand wedge from a sandwich are talking about it. In Monday and Tuesday practice rounds, where Tiger has always drawn the biggest crowds, his audience somehow swelled to Papal standards.
As they used to say about Palmer, even his gallery has a gallery.
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Folks, the word gets thrown around way too much these days, but this is what a cultural icon looks like.
Suddenly, a battered 46-year-old golfer is dominating the international sports headlines. Looking back 14 months, to the horrendous car crash in L.A., this seemed the longest of longshots. In fact, we’d already basically settled into gaining familiarity with golf’s rising generation of star power.
Remember golf’s youth movement?
Fun while it lasted.
In recent months, the overriding theme was the generational change atop the leaderboards and, in the bigger picture, the world golf rankings, where eight of the current top 10 are 30 or younger.
Collin Morikawa, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, others.
Suddenly they’re all Jordanaires to Tiger’s Elvis. Background noise, for now anyway. Tiger, in building his legend and collecting idolizing young golf fans along the way, played a huge role in building this latest generation of immense talent.
Think about it. It was 25 years ago, at the ’97 Masters, when Tiger introduced himself to the world at large. Twenty-one years ago when he won the Masters and invented the “Tiger Slam,” winning four straight majors over two years. For the next eight years, there was no let-up.
Today’s 20-somethings grew up with that and, you have to imagine, were inspired to stretch the limits of their own beliefs in how good they could golf their balls. And now here they are, just as they were prepared to test themselves against peers, they find themselves overshadowed by the poster on their childhood bedroom wall.
You can’t help but think back to another 46-year-old legend who had nothing to prove but did. Jack Nicklaus, in 1986, was well into winding down his unmatched career when he tapped the well and overtook a Who’s Who of the day’s best talent.
This, by the way, isn’t that. Jack was only overcoming several months of uneven play that drew no concern because, you know, back then mid-40s was a different animal than today’s mid-40s.
Unlike Jack, Tiger is coming back from something a bit more concerning than, say, a missed cut at the TPC.
How far back he’s come, we’ll see. Maybe this will be the next miracle, as Tiger’s 2019 Masters win was dubbed, though he arrived that April in good form. Or maybe it’ll just be a modest first step in the next chapter of his career, which, if all goes well, will include an abbreviated schedule slotted around the major championships April through July.
By Sunday, maybe even by Saturday, Tiger’s shadow may be removed from the 2022 Masters Tournament. But for now, he’s even towering above the tallest pines on a property not accustomed to being overshadowed.
— Reach Ken Willis at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns at Martinsville. Here are his 5 best NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
Move over Chase Elliott, NASCAR's Most Popular Driver is back in town for this weekend.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is set to make his lone Xfinity start of the season Friday night at Martinsville, driving the No. 88 Hellmann's Chevy for his JR Motorsports team.
Since retiring from full-time Cup racing in 2017, Junior has made one Xfinity start a year, finishing 14th at Richmond last fall, fifth at Homestead (2020), fifth at Darlington (2019) and fourth at Richmond (2018).
Earnhardt Jr. has one career win at Martinsville in 35 Cup races (2014), and 24 career Xfinity Series wins. His first Busch race (yes, it will be called the Busch Series from here on out for nostalgia purposes) came in 1996 at Myrtle Beach. Yep, Myrtle Beach!
All right. Let's get to the good stuff. Here are Dale Jr.'s top Busch Series wins:
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1998: Dale Jr.'s first NASCAR win
You'll always remember your first, and Junior's breakthrough at Texas in '98 was certainly memorable.
Dale restarted second behind Front Row Joe Nemechek with six laps to go. Ironically, Nemechek's second Busch Series win came at New Hampshire in 1992, when he beat Dale Earnhardt Sr. to the stripe.
This time, though, it was Junior who ruled the day, passing Nemechek as the two took the white flag to win his first career NASCAR race with his father watching from the pit box.
2002: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Daytona, and the No. 3 Chevy
Driving a Richard Childress No. 3, Junior won the Busch Series opener at Daytona in 2002 — the year after his dad died on the final turn of the Daytona 500.
Earnhardt Jr. held off Michael Waltrip (those two know a thing or two about Daytona I hear) and Matt Kenseth over the final few laps to win his first Busch race at Daytona. Dale, driving the No. 3 Oreos Chevy, led 59 of the 120 laps.
"This was a special deal," Junior said after the win. "This was for fun and this was what was supposed to happen. This is great ... the No. 3 is back in Victory Lane."
2003: Talladega is Earnhardt country
Dale Jr. won plenty at 'Dega in a Cup car, and finally broke through on a Saturday in the 2003 Aarons 312.
He led the field to green on a restart with four to go in the No. 8 Chevy and held off Nemechek over the next two laps until the caution flew, and ended the race, with two to go.
Junior and Front Row Joe combined to lead all but three of the 117 laps. Earnhardt had to be pushed to Victory Lane after his Chevy ran out of gas after taking the checkers.
"If it had went (back) green, I doubt we would've made it," he said.
2010: Earnhardt's No. 3 Wrangler back at Daytona
Dale Sr.'s famous No. 3 blue and yellow Jeans Machine is returning to Darlington next month for throwback weekend, but it'll be tough to top what took place in 2010.
Junior got behind the wheel of his dad's famous machine, and paint scheme, for the 2010 July race and proceeded to win, beating Joey Logano, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Brad Keselowski back to the line.
It was Junior's second-to-last Busch Series win.
"I feel lucky ... I feel really lucky," Dale said after the race. "I was so worried that I wasn't going to win because nothing but a win would've been good enough."
2016: Dale Jr.'s final win at Richmond
Up until 2016, Junior had never won a Busch race in his own equipment.
That changed when he absolutely dominated the afternoon in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevy, leading 128 of 149 laps and beating Ty Dillon's No. 3 back to the line in overtime.
For Junior, it was his 24th Busch Series win, and first in six years.
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SEARCY, Ark. — An Arkansas man who spent 19 years in a coma and made national headlines, has died at the age of 57, according to Roller Funeral Homes.
Terry Wayne Wallis, of Big Flat, Ark. died on Tuesday, March 29 in Searcy.
Back in 1984, Wallis was in an car accident, just six weeks after his daughter was born, leaving him in a coma for 19 years.
In 2003, Wallis woke up from his coma and began speaking leading him to become known as "The Man Who Slept for 19 Years."
The funeral home said Wallis's mother and all of his family cared for him during his coma and afterwards, and would bring him home on alternate weekends for years.
Wallis enjoyed eating anything at anytime and loved drinking Pepsi, his obituary mentions. He also liked listening to live music, especially when his brother Perry was playing, and loved to tease his sister.
His family said he had a wonderful sense of humor will be greatly missed.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, specifically the Little Rock district, are receiving millions of dollars from President Joe Biden’s fiscal year budget.
This funding comes from the $6.6 billion budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works program worldwide. The Little Rock district's cut is over $160 million.
Jay Woods the spokesperson for the Little Rock District of the Corps of Engineers said this money will directly impact millions of Arkansans.
"If we weren't able to maintain the camp grounds, the dams, help with flooding issues or anything like that then that's 20 million people that couldn’t go to any of our lakes across the state," Woods said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District received $163.6 million in federal funding for their civil works program.
$74.7 million of that will go towards operation and maintenance of 12 reservoirs across Arkansas and southern Missouri. $88.9 million is being used to maintain navigation for the McClellan Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
Woods said this money not only helps with the upkeep of Arkansas' parks, reservoirs and navigation systems, it also provides water necessary to some Arkansans.
"As part of the reservoir, over 400,000 people get their water from our impoundments, so this helps us maintain everything and provide good clean quality water for the residents of Arkansas and southern Missouri," Woods said.
This $163.6 million is the largest sum the Little Rock District has received and while it sounds like a huge number, Woods said if they didn't receive this kind of money or it wasn't enough to fund their maintenance projects, it would have a negative impact on our state.
"Like for the river, if we did not maintain it there would be hundreds of thousands more trucks on the road,” Woods said. “You've seen on I-30 and I-40 and all the construction you can imagine how much of a problem that would be."
On top of this $163.6 million, the Little Rock district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers learned just days ago that they are receiving a separate $168.5 million dollars from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Here’s a breakdown of where that money is going.
- $168.5 million in total from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
- $92.6 million will be used for the 12-foot channel deepening project on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
- $62.7 million will be used for operation and maintenance for navigation.
- $2 million will go towards Nimrod Dam in West Central Arkansas for crane rehab, design and repair.
- $850,000 will go towards Clearwater Dam for crane repair.
- Millwood Lake is receiving $4.2 million for emergency repairs to Okay Levee in southwest Arkansas.
- The district’s Continuing Authorities Program also received an additional $6.2 million in funding allocations.
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HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Jones was being questioned Wednesday by lawyers for families of Sandy Hook victims in Connecticut, where a judge had ordered the Infowars host to face mounting fines until he appeared for a deposition.
Relatives of some of the 20 children and six educators killed in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, massacre sued Jones for defamation after he said the shooting never happened. A judge found Jones liable for damages and a trial on how much he should pay the families is set for August.
Jones, who lives in Texas, had defied a judge's order to appear for a deposition in the case, saying he was too ill. But Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis said there wasn’t enough evidence that Jones was too sick to attend and ordered him to come to Connecticut for questioning and pay escalating daily fines until he did so. Jones paid $25,000 in fines for Friday and $50,000 in fines for Monday, according to court records.
A spokesperson for the families and their lawyers at Bridgeport-based Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder declined to comment on the deposition Wednesday.
Jones said in a video on the Infowars website that the deposition began Tuesday and was to continue Wednesday. He said in the video that the families' lawyers began the deposition by “demonizing” him for his questioning official versions of events.
“It’s just totally insane to sit there and watch this happen and to watch them lick their lips and lick their chops and think we’re going to finally shut Alex Jones down,” Jones said. “These people want to put us in prison for our speech.”
Jones’ lawyer, Norman Pattis, said tempers flared at times during the deposition on Tuesday, and much of the questioning was not related to the school shooting.
“I had the impression watching the attack on Mr. Jones that this trial will be about something far greater than what happened at Sandy Hook,” Pattis said on the video. “The trial’s going to be about ordinary people’s ability to say I’m not buying it, I want to raise questions, I want to draw my own conclusions.”
Jones missed the originally scheduled deposition in the case on March 23 and 24 in Austin, Texas. He cited a health issue including vertigo that his doctors initially thought was a serious heart problem but turned out to be a sinus infection.
The plaintiffs have said they have been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones’ followers because of the hoax conspiracy promoted on his website show. Jones has since conceded the shooting did happen.
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BRANSON, Mo. — A judge on Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against three men prosecuted after a tourist boat sank and killed 17 people during a 2018 Missouri storm.
The boat was swamped by waves caused by strong winds shortly after it entered Table Rock Lake near Branson on July 19, 2018. Riders from Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and Arkansas were killed. Fourteen people survived.
Prosecutors last year charged Kenneth Scott McKee, 54, the captain of the vessel known as a duck boat; Curtis P. Lanham, 39, the general manager at Ride the Ducks in Branson; and Charles V. Baltzell, 79, the operations supervisor who was a manager on duty the night the boat sank, each with 17 counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter.
While Stone County Judge Alan Blankenship said the men — amphibious boat staff — were aware of the storm, he said there's no evidence that they knew about the storm’s “gust front,” KYTV-TV reported.
Lawyers for the defendants said they're grateful and respect the judge's decision.
“This was a tragedy for all involved," McKee’s attorney James Hobbs said.
The Missouri Attorney General's Office is considering refiling charges.
“We’re disappointed in the Court’s decision, but we’re not giving up in our pursuit of justice on behalf of the 17 victims and their families,” spokesman Chris Nuelle said in a statement. "Our Office hopes to refile charges and continue this case, and will confer with the local prosecutor to that end in the coming days.”
When the criminal charges were filed last year, an affidavit from an investigator accused McKee of taking the boat onto the lake despite concerns about an approaching storm. Lanham and Baltzell are accused of failing to communicate weather conditions and to stop operations after a severe thunderstorm warning was issued.
During the preliminary hearing, attorneys for the defendants said the men were not aware that a thunderstorm warning had been issued and a meteorologist at a nearby TV station was urging people to leave the lake immediately, The Kansas City Star reported.
Testimony showed the employees at Ride the Ducks, which operated the popular tourist attraction, typically checked only a radar from Earth Networks, a private meteorological company, for weather conditions. The radar showed rain, not wind, was expected that day at the lake.
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Wednesday accused oil companies of “ripping off the American people” and putting profits before production as Americans suffer from ever-increasing gasoline prices amid the war in Ukraine.
“At a time of record profits, Big Oil is refusing to increase production to provide the American people some much needed relief at the gas pump,” said Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Oil executives, testifying before Congress for the second time in six months, responded that oil is a global market and that oil companies don’t dictate prices.
“We do not control the market price of crude oil or natural gas, nor of refined products like gasoline and diesel fuel, and we have no tolerance for price gouging,” said Chevron CEO Michael Wirth.
The hearing comes as President Joe Biden has ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The national average gas price was $4.16 a gallon for regular on Wednesday, up from $2.87 a year ago, according to AAA.
Biden and other Democrats have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin and the U.S. oil industry, citing reports that oil companies have made record profits in recent months, as prices have risen following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“This is the Biden price hike,” countered Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state, the committee’s top Republican.
Noting that prices were increasing before Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, McMorris Rodgers said Americans “are too smart and have not fallen for this” claim by Biden and other Democrats. She called the hearing “purely political.”
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods said Exxon has halted investments in Russia and is withdrawing from operations there. The company is increasing production in the United States, Woods said, including in the oil-rich Permian Basin in New Mexico and Texas. Exxon also is increasing production outside the U.S., including “a world-class development in Guyana,” Woods said.
Under questioning from Pallone, Woods and other CEOs said oil companies have no plans to halt payments of dividends to stockholders or to restrict stock buybacks that have enriched shareholders and company executives. The six companies at the hearing recorded $77 billion in profits last year, they told Pallone.
Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., said gas prices are close to $5 per gallon in her Seattle-area district. Her constituents “are mad, and they should be,” she said, citing the record profits oil companies are reaping.
“This feels like gouging. It even feels like profiteering,” Schrier said. Prices at the pump have not gone down in recent weeks along with crude oil prices, she and other Democrats noted.
At a time of war and high prices, “oil companies should not be sending profits back to shareholders,” she said, urging oil executives to restore production to pre-pandemic levels.
Biden has called on Congress to impose financial penalties on companies that lease public lands but don’t produce oil, a request that so far has been ignored. Biden also invoked the Defense Production Act to encourage mining of critical minerals for batteries in electric vehicles, part of a broader push to shift to reduce use of fossil fuels and address climate change.
“The bottom line is if we want lower gas prices we need to have more oil supply right now,” Biden said last week in announcing the release of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. “This is a moment of consequence and peril for the world, and pain at the pump for American families.”
Higher prices have hurt Biden’s approval domestically and added billions of oil-export dollars to the Russian government as it wages war on Ukraine.
The release of oil from the U.S. stockpile could reduce oil prices, although Biden has twice ordered releases from the reserves without causing a meaningful shift in oil markets. Biden said last week he expects gasoline prices could drop “fairly significantly.”
Oil companies have pledged to boost domestic production, but it is growing slowly. Executives point to supply chain and labor constraints as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as investor demands for returns. They have called for more federal permits to allow additional leases.
Besides Exxon and Chevron, other companies represented at the hearing were Shell, BP, Pioneer Natural Resources and Devon Energy.
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Trey Benson may be a newcomer to Florida State, but the transfer running back is already feeling confident in his return to the football field.
Benson joined the Seminoles program after two challenging seasons at Oregon, where he struggled to return to form after a significant knee injury in December 2020. He redshirted his first year after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, lateral meniscus, and medial meniscus.
He appeared in 10 games for the Ducks last season, finishing with 22 yards and a touchdown on six carries before entering the transfer portal in January and signing with FSU a week later.
Through the first three weeks of spring camp, he’s felt like his old self.
“Each and every day, it gets better for me,” Benson said after Tuesday’s practice. “My confidence has been through the roof since I’ve been here.”
The work to get back on the field has paid off for the 6-foot tailback, who scored a touchdown during the team’s second scrimmage last Saturday.
“Last scrimmage is when I felt like myself again,” added Benson. “Making cuts with my right leg with no problem, and I couldn’t do that five months ago. I feel more explosive than I was before I got hurt.”
Benson joins a running backs group with diverse skills led by Treshaun Ward, Lawrance Toafili, D.J. Williams, CJ Campbell and Rodney Hill. With the departure of Jashaun Corbin, who declared early for the NFL Draft, the Seminoles are eager to identify some early contributors.
“I bring speed and power,” said Benson. “Tre is shifty — him and LT — and they hold me accountable. CJ and DJ are like bowling balls, but they’re both really good. Rodney will be really good, and he’s just scratching the surface.”
Wright back on campus
A welcome sight around the football program the past couple of weeks has been Winston Wright Jr. The redshirt junior receiver is back on campus after being involved in a severe car accident back in his hometown of Savannah, Ga., during spring break.
Wright will miss an extended period this spring as he recovers from a severe injury sustained during the accident, which took place on March 19.
“He’s been in meetings and doing a good job in his rehabilitation,” said Norvell. “We’re excited about having him here. He’s here [in meetings] making sure he gets those mental reps.
“I know I stressed how grateful I was and the day he got back into Tallahassee, it was a real joy. He had one day to settle, and then suddenly, he was back in meetings and learning. He’s excited about his return as well.”
After three seasons with the Mountaineers, Wright joined the program as a transfer from West Virginia in January. He was one of four transfer receivers to sign with the Seminoles in the offseason.
Norvell didn’t reveal a timetable for Wright’s return, only stating back in March that the Georgia native would have to go through the rehabilitation process.
Format for spring game
Florida State’s Garnet and Gold spring game Saturday will feature a similar format as last year, with the Seminoles featuring an offense versus defense format.
“We’re not going to break into two separate teams,” said Norvell. “We’re going to get good-on-good work and it will be very similar to last year. We’re going to be game situations in how we operate and how we flow and we’ll have some fun things we’ll do throughout.”
The game kicks off at 5 p.m. at Doak Campbell Stadium and will air on ACC Network.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Matt Murschel at mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @osmattmurschel.
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Three Minnesota poets, a spoken word artist and a children’s literature author are recipients of $25,000 Loft/McKnight Artist Fellowships. The awards were announced Wednesday by the Loft Literary Center, a partner with the McKnight Foundation.
The award for children’s literature/picture books goes to Dr. Artika Tyner, author, speaker and advocate for justice. Her books include “Grandpa Johnson’s Day in Rondo.”
In spoken word the recipient is Khary Jackson, playwright, dancer and musician, one of whose plays was produced in 2009 in Chicago. He also co-composed a MNiatures commission with the Minnesota Opera.
Recipients in creative poetry are:
- Chavonn Williams Shen, a fellow with the Givens Foundation of African America literature
- Douglas Kearney, who has published seven collections, include National Book Award finalist “Sho.” He is recipient of OPERA America’s Campbell Opera Librettist Prize
- Preeti Kaur Rajpal, who writes through post-memory in the shadow of India’s Partition and the racialization of Sikhs post-9/11.
All the winners live in St. Paul except Rajpal, who resides in Minneapolis.
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BOSTON — When you look at the makeup of the rosters of the four teams at this year’s Frozen Four, there are a couple of things that jump out.
Perhaps the most striking is the number of NHL draft picks on each roster: Minnesota has 14, Michigan 13, Denver 12 … and Minnesota State Mankato has two.
The Mavericks are also the oldest team at this year’s Frozen Four with an average age of 22.7. Denver has the second-youngest roster (21.4) in NCAA Division I men’s hockey, Minnesota the fourth-youngest (21.5) and Michigan is eighth-youngest (21.6) among the 59 teams.
But here’s the statistic that coaches care the most about: Minnesota State leads the nation in wins (37). The Mavericks (37-5-0) play Minnesota (26-12-0) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday (ESPNU) in the national semifinals. This will be the second straight Frozen Four for the Mavericks and the first for the Gophers since 2014.
Mike Hastings is in his 10th season as the Mavericks’ head coach, compiling an impressive 273-73-19 record in that span.
“One thing that’s great about college hockey is that you can … be successful in many different ways,” Hastings said. “We just have to do it a little different way.
“It’s well-chronicled that we recruit a little bit older players. We’re still trying to mix in some of the young talent that’s out there. But we, at the end of the day, we come in with a little bit heavier roster as far as experience is concerned.”
One of the big reasons why Minnesota State is back in the Frozen Four is because of the play of Dryden McKay in goal. He is a good example of the type of player that has helped the Mavericks to all that success.
Undrafted, the 24-year-old from Downers Grove, Ill., played four seasons of junior hockey, including two in the North American Hockey League and two in the United States Hockey League. His last season of junior eligibility, in 2017-18, McKay played for the Madison Capitols, who finished eighth in the nine-team Eastern Conference with a 22-33-2 record.
The Capitols gave up the second-most goals in the league (224, 3.73 per game). McKay was second in the league in minutes played (2,754) but finished 21st in goals-against average (3.38). Perhaps a statistic that was a better indicator of things to come was that McKay was 11th in the league in save percentage (.907).
He has been the starting goalie for the Mavericks for four seasons. In 138 college games, he is 112-19-4 with a 1.45 goals-against average, .932 save percentage and 34 shutouts.
This season, McKay is 37-4-0 with a 1.28 GAA .934 save percentage and 10 shutouts. He leads the nation in wins, is second in GAA and shutouts, and third in save percentage. He is one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award.
Perhaps the Maverick who has the most name recognition is junior center Nathan Smith, who played for Team USA in the Olympics and is a third-round draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets. Smith, who was a top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker, is second in the nation in points (50), tied for third in assists (31) and has won 57 percent of his faceoffs.
“We’re going to rely upon what we’ve relied upon all season long: a leadership group that has been around the block,” Hastings said. “We’ve got two super seniors in (defenseman) Jack McNeely and (forward) Reggie Lutz and then a group of seniors with Dryden McKay, an NHL draft pick in Nathan Smith, and we’re going to let them do what they’ve done, which is lead us on the ice, off the ice and everywhere in between.
“We’re going to try to utilize our depth on Thursday to try to move on to a national championship game.”
Oh, by the way, undrafted senior forward Julian Napravnik is tied for third in the nation in points (49) and tied for second in the nation in plus/minus (plus-36) with McNeely.
Junior forward Brendan Flurry (12-31—43, plus-32) and junior forward Cade Borchardt (15-25—40, plus-36) round out the Mavericks’ top four point-scorers. Junior forward Ryan Sandelin is tied for sixth in the country in goals (21), has 33 points and is a plus-33.
Jake Livingstone, an undrafted 22-year-old sophomore from Creston, British Columbia, was named CCHA Defenseman of the Year. Livingstone has 30 points, is a plus-26 and has 44 blocked shots for the Mavericks.
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If you’re heading to Target Field for a Twins game — whether you’re planning on religiously keeping track of the score or simply enjoying the atmosphere — there are plenty of new and exciting food options to choose from this year.
BETWEEN A BUN
Upcycle Foods: When life gives Scott Vanden Broecke local brewers’ spent grains (a byproduct of the beer-making process), he makes pretzel buns. Find those pretzel buns holding together a meaty medley of mortadella, capicola, salami, ham and provolone on Upcycle’s Italian Grinder. Available at Truly On Deck.
Blue Door Pub: Nothing says Minnesota quite like an oozing cheese bomb inside a beef patty, also known as a Jucy Lucy (or Blucy to Blue Door Pub). BDP is repping Minnesota with its Pat McDonough’s Cease and Desist burger, an American cheesy classic — offering up both white and yellow American cheese inside the burger — with onions, pickles, lettuce and ‘Merican sauce drizzled on top. Find it near Gate 34.
Turkey To Go: Check out these tender turkey sandwiches making a return to the concession stand near Section 114.
Food Building Grilled Cheese: Creativity blooms from Northeast Minneapolis’ Food Building. Taking the Northeast ingredients and bringing them to the North Loop, here we have the official grilled cheese sandwich of Target Field — because all sports venues need an official sandwich, right? This one uses bread from Baker’s Field Flour and bread and cheese from Alemar Cheese Company, two artisan vendors out of the Food Building. Available at Target Field’s new market inside Gate 6 near Section 126.
OTHER HANDHELDS
La Tapatia: Roseville’s taco joint is making its Target Field debut with adobo chicken tacos served street style or Cali style. Find them near Section 109.
Mac’s Fish: Dip your French fries and this golden and shatteringly crisp battered walleye into tangy jalapeno-lime tartar sauce, a new take on an English classic. Available at Townball Tavern.
Bub’s Gourmet Aussie Pies: Sure, baseball may be an American pastime, but that doesn’t mean we can’t munch on something from another country/continent while we’re at the stadium. These Australian-hailing, hand-held savory pies with fillings like chicken and wild rice and sloppy joe are the ideal stadium stroll-and-eat snacks. Available near Section 126.
We Are Nuts: Find St. Paul’s batches of nuts and sweet treats in the new market area near Section 126.
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Soul Bowl: Chef Gerard Klass is bringing smoky BBQ to Target Field, and we couldn’t be happier. Consider tucking into his summer bowl, a combo of barbecue-braised, tender beef, Cajun corn and “Return of the Mack and Cheese.” Available near Section 112.
Hot Indian: Hot Indian’s vegan option brings the flavor, the crunch and a meat- and dairy-free alternative to the Twins games with vegan chana masala (chickpeas simmered in a spice-laden curry and served with brown rice, crispy pappadum, cilantro and their signature slaw). There’s also a chicken tikka on the menu if you’ve got a hankering for something with a little more protein. Available near Section 122.
Roots for the Home Team: Try out these specialty salads, made by kids in a program that teaches about all things food, and that incorporate produce from local farmers, near Section 101.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. rolled out a new wave of financial sanctions on Wednesday against Russia that President Joe Biden said would place a lasting penalty on the country’s economy.
The United Kingdom quickly followed suit, and more pain was coming from the European Union as the allies pressed forward with an escalating campaign to tighten the economic screws on Russian President Vladimir Putin for “war crimes” in Ukraine.
Making it personal, the U.S. sanctions singled out the Putin’s family, targeting his two adult daughters in addition to blocking two key Russian banks.
Biden said that “Russia has already failed in its initial war” after the country’s forces were turned back from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. He cautioned, however, that “this fight is far from over.”
“This war could continue for a long time,” but the United States will continue to stand with Ukraine and Ukrainians in the fight for freedom, Biden said. “We’re going to stifle Russia’s ability to grow for years to come.”
The latest sanctions underscore the financial pain that Russia faces, as evidence that its troops killed Ukrainian civilians has led to ever harsher penalties by the U.S. and its Western allies that are eroding Putin’s ability to fight.
While rounds of increased sanctions have not forced Putin out of the war, they have put Russia in increasingly desperate economic circumstances as Ukrainian forces withstand his barrages. Key to the effectiveness of the sanctions has been the unity between the U.S. and European nations. And the atrocities revealed in Ukraine have intensified pressure on Germany and other countries to go further and join the U.S. and Lithuania in blocking all Russian energy exports.
The U.K. piled on Wednesday with asset freezes against major banks, a ban on British investment in Russia and a pledge to end dependency on Russian coal and oil by yearend.
The European Union was also expected to soon take additional steps, including a ban on new investment in Russia and an embargo on coal, after the recent evidence of atrocities emerging in the wake of the retreat by Russian forces from the town of Bucha.
The U.S. acted against two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank, prohibiting assets from going through the U.S. financial system and barring Americans from doing business with those two institutions.
In addition to sanctions aimed at Putin’s adult daughters, Mariya Putina and Katerina Tikhonova, the U.S. is targeting Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin; the wife and children of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; and members of Russia’s Security Council, including Dmitry Medvedev, a former president and prime minister.
The penalties cut off all of Putin’s close family members from the U.S. financial system and freeze any assets they hold in the United States.
Biden was expected to sign an an executive order that would ban new investment in Russia by Americans no matter where they are living. The U.S. Treasury Department was preparing more sanctions against Russian state-owned enterprises, according to the White House.
Britain announced asset freezes targeting Sberbank and the Credit Bank of Moscow and designated eight Russian oligarchs whom it says Putin “uses to prop up his war economy.”
“Together with our allies, we are showing the Russian elite that they cannot wash their hands of the atrocities committed on Putin’s orders,” British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said.
Britain had already announced a plan to phase out Russian oil, which accounts for 8% of the U.K. supply. Russia is the top supplier of imported coal to the U.K., though British demand for the polluting fuel has plummeted in the past decade.
Britain has not ended imports of Russian natural gas, which accounts for 4% of its supply, saying only that it will do so “as soon as possible.”
Videos and images of bodies in the streets of Bucha after it was recaptured from Russian forces have unleashed a wave of indignation among Western allies, who have drawn up new sanctions as a response.
The European Commission’s proposed ban on coal imports would be the first EU sanctions targeting Russia’s lucrative energy industry over its war in Ukraine.
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said energy was key to Putin’s war coffers. And because the war has pushed prices higher, Russia has benefitted from being able to sell its natural gas and oil to the rest of the world.
“A billion euro is what we pay Putin every day for the energy he provides us since the beginning of the war. We have given him 35 billion euro. Compare that to the one billion that we have given to the Ukraine in arms and weapons,” Borrell said.
The steady intensifying in sanctions is less a sign of their shortcomings than the building pressure against Russia as it seeks foreign investment and basic goods, Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, told reporters at a Wednesday breakfast. “We need to have patience and perspective when it comes to the impacts on Russia of this unprecedented and crippling sanctions regime,” Deese said at the event sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor.
Deese noted that Russian inflation is running at 2% weekly, which would compound to annual inflation above 200% annually. He noted that the Biden administration expects Russian prices will not ultimately rise more than 200% this year.
While the White House has said Russia should not attend the G-20 meeting in Indonesia this November, he noted that it may drop out of the organization anyway because its economy has shrunk in size so dramatically.
After several European countries announced the expulsion of Russian diplomats, the European Commission proposed a fifth package of sanctions including a ban on coal imports that could be adopted once unanimously approved by the 27-nation bloc’s ambassadors.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the coal ban is worth 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) per year and that the EU has already started working on additional sanctions, including on oil imports.
She didn’t mention natural gas, with consensus among the 27 EU countries on targeting the fuel used to generate electricity and heat homes difficult to secure amid opposition from gas-dependent members like Germany, the bloc’s largest economy.
But European Council President Charles Michel said the bloc should keep up the pressure on the Kremlin, suggesting that an embargo on gas imports should also be required at some point in the future.
“The new package includes a ban on coal imports,” Michel said on Wednesday. “I think that measures on oil, and even gas, will also be needed, sooner or later.”
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Petrequin reported from Brussels. Associated Press writers Zeke Miller in Washington and Jill Lawless in London contributed reporting.
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INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to 58 years behind bars after being found guilty of murdering 22-year-old David Smith in December 2018.
Allen Chadwick Fender, 29, was found guilty after a three-day jury trial. He was sentenced on April 6.
According to previous reports, Smith was shot inside a home in the 3200 block of S. Oxford Street on Indy’s south side on Dec. 9, 2018. Smith was rushed to a hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries.
Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said Fender shot Smith in the chest with a handgun before being spotted fleeing the residence in a maroon Hyundai Elantra. Witnesses who spotted the fleeing car were able to jot down the license plate number which ended up identifying Fender as the suspect in the murder.
“This senseless murder was solved by community members taking action, further illustrating just how impactful witness cooperation can be to violent crime investigations and ensuring justice for victims,” Prosecutor Mears said after the verdict.
“It is my hope that we can all find the courage to stand up for our neighbors, as was done for Mr. Smith.”
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ARDMORE, Pa -- Jene' Feliciano has always dreamed of owning her own space.
So, she opened DayDream Kreative Studios in Ardmore and uses the space to host her own events.
Feliciano also rents the space at affordable rates out to others looking to hold an event.
"Some spaces are overly expensive just to rent out, so I try to make this reasonable for the community, especially entrepreneurs and upcoming new artists to utilize it so they can be better and utilize it for their dreams and make it bigger," she said.
Every Thursday, Feliciano hosts a hip hop cardio class that she and her partner Sakiyah Watts call Dynamic Fit Moms.
The weekly class costs only $5 and is aimed at helping moms get into shape while having fun.
"It's good to see moms coming together and being able to do, you know, some workout stuff - some get away stuff," said fit mom, Zendra Green.
Participants say the workout is intense, but is easily modified to fit anyone's ability.
"To open this space on the Mainline is actually very special to me. To be able to do that for the community is very, very important - it means a lot," said Feliciano.
Dynamic Fit Moms classes are held every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at DayDream Kreative Studios located at 35 East Lancaster Avenue in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Prune Redmond is the owner of Prune Redmond Gallery in Manayunk.
With a background in comedy, Redmond had a great idea to help promote his shop. Ever since its opening four years ago, he would make funny videos using items in his shop as props.
"Laughter and fun is something we all have in common," said Redmond.
Redmond says that he loves Manayunk and wanted to also use his talent to promote the shops in his area.
"Well the first time I heard him outside, I ran to the door, I thought somebody was being attacked or something," said Teresa Davis, owner of Vamp Boutique.
He says he does it all for fun, not for money or for fame.
"But then I was like ok, he was dressed up in like this big fluffy costume," said Davis.
Redmond says that he has gained a lot of friends along the way. Local shop owners love the videos and energy he brings to the block.
"Just something light-hearted that you know makes everyone laugh is always good for the block," said Davis.
"Everybody that sees me do my thing, they like it cause they can see how much fun I'm having," said Redmond.
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WINSLOW TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Mario Partee started Community Care Food and Clothing Pantry with his mom, Dianne, after speaking with community leaders and realizing his neighbors were in need.
About 10% of the township lives in poverty, and the Partee family knew they could help.
Together, they set up a pantry that looks like a grocery store, where community members can shop for their items in an environment they're used to.
When Dianne passed away in 2017, Mario was unsure at first how he could continue this effort without her, but he has, and he's expanded it in her honor.
The pantry now serves about 600 people a month in the community and gets rave reviews from everyone!
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Doctors: Homeless man competent to stand trial in teen's death
A Palm Beach County judge announced Wednesday afternoon that two doctors have found that a homeless drifter is competent to stand trial in the killing a Palm Beach Gardens teenager last year.
A quick hearing for Semmie Williams Jr. was held in Palm Beach County courtroom just after 1 p.m.
Williams, 39, faces a charge of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Ryan Rogers, a 14-year-old William T. Dwyer Community High School freshman.
The teen was an avid soccer enthusiast who was found dead Nov. 16 near the Central Boulevard sidewalk at the Interstate 95 overpass, less than 24 hours after his mother reported him missing, police said.
Another hearing in the case is set for April 20.
Judge Charles E. Burton will still have to make a final ruling on Williams' competency.
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Driver arrested for deadly Royal Palm Beach school bus stop crash
A Palm Beach County man has been arrested after authorities said he was driving under the influence and crashed into a group of Royal Palm Beach students at a school bus stop last month, killing two 15-year-old children.
Investigators said Angel Antonio Lopez, 57, was taken into custody Wednesday on charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury, driving under the influence causing property damage or injury, and reckless driving.
The sheriff's office said Lopez was driving a 2018 Alfa Romero Stelvio around 7 a.m. on March 22 and lost control, drove onto a sidewalk, and struck four Royal Palm Beach Community High School students who were waiting for their school bus at the intersection of Crestwood Boulevard South and Cypress Lake Drive.
Two of those children, a boy and girl, both 15, tragically passed away. Two others — ages 16 and 17 — are out of the hospital and recovering from their injuries.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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FDA warns of raw oysters potentially contaminated with norovirus
(Gray News) – The Food and Drug Administration is working with Canadian food and health agencies to investigate a multi-state outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from British Columbia.
The oysters were distributed to restaurants and retailers in at least 13 states, the FDA confirmed.
These states include:
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- Nevada
- New York
- Oregon
- Texas
- Washington
The FDA says oysters can cause illness if eaten raw, particularly in people with compromised immune systems.
Food contaminated with norovirus may also look, smell and taste normal.
Norovirus can infect people of all ages, and the most common symptoms of infection are diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain. Additional symptoms can include fever, headache and body ache.
These symptoms will usually develop 12 to 48 hours after exposure to the virus. People typically recover from norovirus in one to three days.
To protect yourself from norovirus infection, the FDA urges you to avoid eating raw oysters in any of the locations listed above. If you have any of the products, the agency recommends throwing them away or returning them to the distributor.
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Fed signals more aggressive steps to fight inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take a more aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy.
In minutes from their policy meeting three weeks ago released Wednesday, Fed officials said that aggressive half-point rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increases — “could be appropriate” multiple times this year. At last month’s meeting, many of the Fed policymakers favored a half-point increase, the minutes said, but held off because of the uncertainties created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Fed raised its key short-term rate by a quarter-point and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The minutes said the Fed is also moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs. The policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago when they last shrank their balance sheet.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are rising at the fastest pace in four decades, and the officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Financial markets now expect much steeper hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. In doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to begin raising rates and that the policymakers might end up responding so aggressively as to trigger a recession.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn’t carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed’s Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that such sharp increases are possible. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed’s increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank’s bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period” than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it’s twice as large.
The Fed bought trillions of dollars of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities after the pandemic hammered the economy, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero. Last month, it increased that rate to a range between 0.25% and 0.5%, its first increase in three years.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing its policy, the last time the Fed purchased bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months, economists say.
Brainard’s remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market yields aren’t flashing the same warning signals.
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AG Garland, Commerce Sec. Raimondo test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo also tested positive for the virus using an at-home antigen test.
The announcement from the Justice Department comes hours after Garland held a news conference in Washington, standing side-by-side with the deputy attorney general, FBI director and other Justice Department officials.
The Justice Department says Garland asked to be tested “after learning that he may have been exposed to the virus.” Officials say he is not experiencing symptoms, is fully vaccinated and has received a booster.
The Justice Department said Garland would isolate at his home for at least five days and work remotely. The department said it would also conduct contact tracing in line with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Raimondo’s office said she was experiencing “mild symptoms” and was sharing the news “out of an abundance of transparency.”
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LIVE: Driver arrested for deadly Royal Palm Beach school bus stop crash
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A Palm Beach County man has been arrested after authorities said he was driving under the influence and crashed into a group of Royal Palm Beach students at a school bus stop last month, killing two 15-year-old children.
Investigators said Angel Antonio Lopez, 57, was taken into custody Wednesday on charges of DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury, driving under the influence causing property damage or injury, and reckless driving.
The sheriff's office said Lopez was driving a 2018 Alfa Romero Stelvio around 7 a.m. on March 22 and lost control, drove onto a sidewalk, and struck four Royal Palm Beach Community High School students who were waiting for their school bus at the intersection of Crestwood Boulevard South and Cypress Lake Drive.
Two of those children, a boy and girl, both 15, tragically passed away. Two others — ages 16 and 17 — are out of the hospital and recovering from their injuries.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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Judge acquits man of misdemeanors in Capitol riot trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct after he walked into the building during last year’s riot.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden issued the verdict from the bench after hearing testimony without a jury in the case against Matthew Martin. McFadden, who was nominated by former President Donald Trump, acquitted Martin of all four counts for which he was charged.
Martin did not dispute that he joined hundreds of other people in entering the Capitol building during the riot. He is the third Capitol riot defendant whose case has been resolved by a trial. He is the first of the three to be acquitted of all charges that he faced,
The first two Capitol riot trials ended with convictions, although McFadden acquitted one of those defendants of a disorderly conduct charge after a bench trial last month. A fourth trial is being held this week in Washington, D.C., for a former Virginia police officer charged in the attack.
Martin was among hundreds of people charged with federal crimes arising from the siege on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Martin, whose bench trial started Tuesday, testified that a police officer waved him into the building after the riot erupted. A prosecutor dismissed that testimony as “nonsense.”
Martin was charged with four misdemeanor counts: entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
Dozens of Capitol riot defendants have pleaded guilty and been sentenced, but Martin is the first to testify at a trial. He said he “went with the flow” as he approached the Capitol and testified that he saw a police officer wave him into the building. Martin remained inside the Capitol for about 10 minutes after entering the building through the Rotunda doors, according to prosecutors.
Martin said he “enjoyed the day” of the riot.
“It was a magical day in many ways,” he testified on Tuesday before adding, “I know some bad things happened.”
“You understand that police officers died?” Justice Department prosecutor Michael Romano asked Martin.
At least nine people died in the riot or its aftermath. More than 100 police officers were injured. One officer died after he collapsed hours after being sprayed with bear spray and other officers who tried to quell the riot have died by suicide in the months following the attack.
Prosecutors said Martin, an engineer, worked for a government contractor at the National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and held a top-secret security clearance on Jan. 6. Martin said he actually worked at a different facility in Los Alamos.
Defense attorney Dan Cron said Martin saw another person shake a police officer’s hand after entering the Capitol. Martin placed his hand on an officer’s shoulder “as a gesture of thanks and of good will,” Cron said.
“It was a very loud scene there. There was a lot going on there to try to process,” Cron told the judge.
Martin isn’t accused of engaging in any violence or destruction.
“The whole time he’s in there he’s just standing there,” Cron said.
Romano, the Justice Department prosecutor, said Martin joined the mob in crowding police officers who were trying to disperse the crowd. The prosecutor said Martin knew that he wasn’t allowed to be in the Capitol.
“The idea that he thought he had permission to do that is nonsense,” Romano said.
Other riot defendants have also claimed police waved them in or said they could enter, but it is unclear how that testimony will be viewed by the courts.
McFadden presided over a bench trial last month for Cuoy Griffin, a county official in New Mexico who helped found a group called Cowboys for Trump. The judge on March 22 convicted Griffin of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct.
On March 8, a jury decided the first Capitol riot trial by convicting a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun. Jurors also convicted Reffitt of obstructing Congress’ joint session to certify the Electoral College vote, interfering with police officers who were guarding the Capitol and threatening his two teenage children if they reported him to law enforcement.
Reffitt and Griffin entered restricted areas outside the Capitol but not the building itself.
Meanwhile, a jury trial started on Tuesday for a former police officer from Virginia who is charged with storming the Capitol with a fellow officer.
A federal prosecutor said former Rocky Mount police officer Thomas Robertson stormed the Capitol because he believed the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from Trump and he wanted to interfere with the certification of the Electoral College vote.
The other former officer, Jacob Fracker, pleaded guilty to a riot-related charge and could be a key witness for prosecutors. Robertson’s trial resumed on Wednesday with testimony from a Metropolitan Police Department officer who supervised other officers during the riot.
More than 770 people have been charged with riot-related federal crimes. Over 240 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors, and over 140 of them have been sentenced.
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PBSO seeks driver in fatal hit-and-run crash in Lake Worth
Published: Apr. 6, 2022 at 2:21 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a driver who struck a pedestrian and fled the scene.
The incident happened on March 12 at 11:25 a.m. at the intersection of 10th Avenue South and South Dixie Highway. Investigators say Florindo Funes Rodriguez, 45, was attempting to cross the street, when he was struck by a pick-up truck.
Rescue crews transported Rodriguez to St. Mary's Medical Center, where he later died.
Authorities are now searching for the driver responsible.
The vehicle is described as a black, 2009 to current year, Dodge Ram pick-up truck, with fog lights.
Anyone with knowledge of the crash or vehicle is urged to call PBC Crime Stoppers at 800-458-8477.
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Police: At least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.
The Sacramento police department said Wednesday there was a gunfight between at least two groups of men.
Six people were killed in the bloodshed and 12 were wounded. The injured include two brothers who have been taken into custody in connection with the massacre.
No one has been charged with homicide yet.
At least two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Authorities credit evidence and tips provided by the public with their break in the investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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This version corrects that Smiley Martin served about half of a 10-year prison sentence, not about two years of the term.
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Balsamo reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio, Brian Melley and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Don Thompson in Sacramento, Jacques Billeaud in Phoenix and News Researcher Rhonda Shafner in New York City contributed to this story.
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Woman celebrates 108th birthday, shares her secret to longevity
GLOBE, Ariz. (3TV/CBS 5/Gray News) – Carmen Slough celebrated her 108th birthday this week with friends and family.
She was born in Douglas, Arizona, but has lived in the Globe-Miami area her entire life and is well-known. Slough owned a clothing store in downtown Globe for 49 years.
“We didn’t have paved streets,” Slough told AZFamily, remembering the early days of Globe. “There was still a few people who got around on horseback.”
Slough lived through the Spanish Flu when she was just 4 years old, but she remembers it like it was yesterday.
“I was old enough to know that something was wrong,” she said. “There was a lot of people in the area that did pass away from the flu at that time.”
At the age of 106, another virus — this time COVID-19 — turned her world upside down.
Slough admits it affected her, saying, “The isolation was really, really bad for me because I was used to being a part of the community.”
Slough’s late husband was a WWI veteran, and her siblings fought in WWII.
“I remember the people that we lost and the valor of our local boys that served overseas,” said Slough.
Her 86-year-old son, Bob, relies on his mom’s recollection and calls her “a wonder.”
Slough says staying active is the secret to longevity.
“I don’t believe in just sitting down and giving up, I believe in going out in the sunshine, picking weeds, and working in the garden,” Slough said.
She has a little brother, the only surviving sibling in her family of nine, who’s 98 years old.
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Body cam video shows 18-year-old’s claim of flirting with cop to avoid DUI was a lie
DENVER (KUSA) - An 18-year-old woman claimed she got out of a DUI when a deputy asked her on a date.
The woman’s side of the story went viral on social media, but police body camera footage showed what she claimed isn’t true.
Footage from Jefferson County Deputy Tyler Stahl’s body camera shows what happened last weekend just outside Denver.
The footage shows Stahl introducing himself to the driver and telling her he pulled her over because she was swerving.
“She said she was on her phone. She said that she was upset because her boyfriend broke up with her,” Stahl said. “Throughout my entire interaction, she would start crying and get more choked up the more she was talking about it.”
Stahl ended up letting the 18-year-old off with a warning, saying he didn’t believe she was impaired.
After the woman left the traffic stop, she shared a video on social media that was reposted and got tens of thousands of views (WARNING: Link contains explicit language) claiming she got out of a DUI by lying about getting broken up with. She also said she blew a “3.8″ blood alcohol content on a breathalyzer (0.4 is potentially lethal).
She claimed the officer gave her his phone number and asked her out on a date, and they planned to meet for lunch the next day.
Stahl said he is grateful for the body camera footage because without it, it could have been the 18-year-old’s word against his.
“I believe in transparency, like I said, I love the body cameras,” Stahl said. “It was selfish. I’m just disappointed. I genuinely think that she probably feels bad, and she’s going to have to live with this for a while, and that’s probably consequence enough.”
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FDA warns of raw oysters potentially contaminated with norovirus
(Gray News) – The Food and Drug Administration is working with Canadian food and health agencies to investigate a multi-state outbreak of norovirus illnesses linked to raw oysters from British Columbia.
The oysters were distributed to restaurants and retailers in at least 13 states, the FDA confirmed.
These states include:
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- New Jersey
- Nevada
- New York
- Oregon
- Texas
- Washington
The FDA says oysters can cause illness if eaten raw, particularly in people with compromised immune systems.
Food contaminated with norovirus may also look, smell and taste normal.
Norovirus can infect people of all ages, and the most common symptoms of infection are diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain. Additional symptoms can include fever, headache and body ache.
These symptoms will usually develop 12 to 48 hours after exposure to the virus. People typically recover from norovirus in one to three days.
To protect yourself from norovirus infection, the FDA urges you to avoid eating raw oysters in any of the locations listed above. If you have any of the products, the agency recommends throwing them away or returning them to the distributor.
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Fed signals more aggressive steps to fight inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are signaling that they will take a more aggressive approach to fighting high inflation in the coming months — actions that will make borrowing sharply more expensive for consumers and businesses and heighten risks to the economy.
In minutes from their policy meeting three weeks ago released Wednesday, Fed officials said that aggressive half-point rate hikes, rather than traditional quarter-point increases — “could be appropriate” multiple times this year. At last month’s meeting, many of the Fed policymakers favored a half-point increase, the minutes said, but held off because of the uncertainties created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Instead, the Fed raised its key short-term rate by a quarter-point and signaled that it planned to continue raising rates well into next year.
The minutes said the Fed is also moving closer to rapidly shrinking its huge $9 trillion stockpile of bonds in the coming months, a move that would contribute to higher borrowing costs. The policymakers said they would likely cut their holdings by about $95 billion a month — nearly double the pace they implemented five years ago when they last shrank their balance sheet.
The plan to quickly draw down their bond holdings marks the latest move by Fed officials to accelerate their inflation-fighting efforts. Prices are rising at the fastest pace in four decades, and the officials in recent speeches have expressed increasing concern about getting inflation under control.
Financial markets now expect much steeper hikes this year than Fed officials had signaled as recently as their meeting in mid-March.
Higher rates from the Fed will heighten borrowing costs for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and corporate loans. In doing so, the Fed hopes to cool economic growth and rising wages enough to rein in high inflation, which has caused hardships for millions of households and poses a severe political threat to President Joe Biden.
Many economists have said they worry that the Fed has waited too long to begin raising rates and that the policymakers might end up responding so aggressively as to trigger a recession.
Chair Jerome Powell opened the door two weeks ago to increasing rates by as much as a half-point at upcoming meetings, rather than by a traditional quarter-point. The Fed hasn’t carried out any half-point rate increases since 2000. Lael Brainard, a key member of the Fed’s Board of Governors, and other officials have also made clear that such sharp increases are possible. Most economists now expect the Fed to raise rates by a half-point at both its May and June meetings.
In a speech Tuesday, Brainard underscored the Fed’s increasing aggressiveness by saying that the central bank’s bond holdings will “shrink considerably more rapidly” over “a much shorter period” than the last time the Fed reduced its balance sheet, from 2017-2019. At that time, the balance sheet was about $4.5 trillion. Now, it’s twice as large.
The Fed bought trillions of dollars of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities after the pandemic hammered the economy, with the goal of lowering longer-term borrowing rates. It also cut its short-term benchmark rate to near zero. Last month, it increased that rate to a range between 0.25% and 0.5%, its first increase in three years.
As a sign of how fast the Fed is reversing its policy, the last time the Fed purchased bonds, there was a three-year gap between when it stopped its purchases, in 2014, and when it began reducing the balance sheet, in 2017. Now that shift is likely to happen in as few as three months, economists say.
Brainard’s remarks caused a sharp rise in the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury note, a key rate that influences mortgage rates, business loans and other borrowing costs. On Wednesday, that rate reached 2.6%, up from 2.3% just a week earlier, a sharp increase for that rate. A month ago, it was just 1.7%.
Shorter-term bond yields have jumped even higher, in some cases to above the 10-year yield, a pattern that has in the past been seen as a sign of an impending recession. Fed officials say, however, that shorter-term bond market yields aren’t flashing the same warning signals.
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AG Garland, Commerce Sec. Raimondo test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19 and will quarantine at home for five days, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo also tested positive for the virus using an at-home antigen test.
The announcement from the Justice Department comes hours after Garland held a news conference in Washington, standing side-by-side with the deputy attorney general, FBI director and other Justice Department officials.
The Justice Department says Garland asked to be tested “after learning that he may have been exposed to the virus.” Officials say he is not experiencing symptoms, is fully vaccinated and has received a booster.
The Justice Department said Garland would isolate at his home for at least five days and work remotely. The department said it would also conduct contact tracing in line with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Raimondo’s office said she was experiencing “mild symptoms” and was sharing the news “out of an abundance of transparency.”
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Injured driver arrested in fatal Omaha crash
Published: Apr. 6, 2022 at 1:01 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha Police arrested a man Wednesday to face charges in a fatal crash last week.
Zachary Paulison, who turned 22 on Wednesday, was booked on two counts of DUI motor vehicle homicide and one count of death of an unborn child. He was driving the 2017 Ford F-250 pickup eastbound late Thursday when he collided with a southbound 2018 Nissan Altima at 192nd and F streets.
Police identified the victims as Sara Zimmerman, 37, and Amanda Schook, 38, both of Gretna. Zimmerman was eight months pregnant.
Paulison was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.
Omaha Police have said alcohol and high speeds are being investigated as possible factors in the crash.
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Judge acquits man of misdemeanors in Capitol riot trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday acquitted a New Mexico man of misdemeanor charges that he illegally entered the U.S. Capitol and engaged in disorderly conduct after he walked into the building during last year’s riot.
U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden issued the verdict from the bench after hearing testimony without a jury in the case against Matthew Martin. McFadden, who was nominated by former President Donald Trump, acquitted Martin of all four counts for which he was charged.
Martin did not dispute that he joined hundreds of other people in entering the Capitol building during the riot. He is the third Capitol riot defendant whose case has been resolved by a trial. He is the first of the three to be acquitted of all charges that he faced,
The first two Capitol riot trials ended with convictions, although McFadden acquitted one of those defendants of a disorderly conduct charge after a bench trial last month. A fourth trial is being held this week in Washington, D.C., for a former Virginia police officer charged in the attack.
Martin was among hundreds of people charged with federal crimes arising from the siege on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Martin, whose bench trial started Tuesday, testified that a police officer waved him into the building after the riot erupted. A prosecutor dismissed that testimony as “nonsense.”
Martin was charged with four misdemeanor counts: entering and remaining in a restricted building, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct in a Capitol building and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.
Dozens of Capitol riot defendants have pleaded guilty and been sentenced, but Martin is the first to testify at a trial. He said he “went with the flow” as he approached the Capitol and testified that he saw a police officer wave him into the building. Martin remained inside the Capitol for about 10 minutes after entering the building through the Rotunda doors, according to prosecutors.
Martin said he “enjoyed the day” of the riot.
“It was a magical day in many ways,” he testified on Tuesday before adding, “I know some bad things happened.”
“You understand that police officers died?” Justice Department prosecutor Michael Romano asked Martin.
At least nine people died in the riot or its aftermath. More than 100 police officers were injured. One officer died after he collapsed hours after being sprayed with bear spray and other officers who tried to quell the riot have died by suicide in the months following the attack.
Prosecutors said Martin, an engineer, worked for a government contractor at the National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and held a top-secret security clearance on Jan. 6. Martin said he actually worked at a different facility in Los Alamos.
Defense attorney Dan Cron said Martin saw another person shake a police officer’s hand after entering the Capitol. Martin placed his hand on an officer’s shoulder “as a gesture of thanks and of good will,” Cron said.
“It was a very loud scene there. There was a lot going on there to try to process,” Cron told the judge.
Martin isn’t accused of engaging in any violence or destruction.
“The whole time he’s in there he’s just standing there,” Cron said.
Romano, the Justice Department prosecutor, said Martin joined the mob in crowding police officers who were trying to disperse the crowd. The prosecutor said Martin knew that he wasn’t allowed to be in the Capitol.
“The idea that he thought he had permission to do that is nonsense,” Romano said.
Other riot defendants have also claimed police waved them in or said they could enter, but it is unclear how that testimony will be viewed by the courts.
McFadden presided over a bench trial last month for Cuoy Griffin, a county official in New Mexico who helped found a group called Cowboys for Trump. The judge on March 22 convicted Griffin of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct.
On March 8, a jury decided the first Capitol riot trial by convicting a Texas man, Guy Reffitt, of storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun. Jurors also convicted Reffitt of obstructing Congress’ joint session to certify the Electoral College vote, interfering with police officers who were guarding the Capitol and threatening his two teenage children if they reported him to law enforcement.
Reffitt and Griffin entered restricted areas outside the Capitol but not the building itself.
Meanwhile, a jury trial started on Tuesday for a former police officer from Virginia who is charged with storming the Capitol with a fellow officer.
A federal prosecutor said former Rocky Mount police officer Thomas Robertson stormed the Capitol because he believed the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from Trump and he wanted to interfere with the certification of the Electoral College vote.
The other former officer, Jacob Fracker, pleaded guilty to a riot-related charge and could be a key witness for prosecutors. Robertson’s trial resumed on Wednesday with testimony from a Metropolitan Police Department officer who supervised other officers during the riot.
More than 770 people have been charged with riot-related federal crimes. Over 240 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors, and over 140 of them have been sentenced.
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Police: At least 5 gunmen involved in Sacramento shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.
The Sacramento police department said Wednesday there was a gunfight between at least two groups of men.
Six people were killed in the bloodshed and 12 were wounded. The injured include two brothers who have been taken into custody in connection with the massacre.
No one has been charged with homicide yet.
At least two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Authorities credit evidence and tips provided by the public with their break in the investigation.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A man arrested in connection with the Sacramento shooting that killed six people was freed from prison weeks before and last year was rejected for earlier release after prosecutors argued he “clearly has little regard for human life,” documents show.
Smiley Martin, 27, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and possession of a machine gun. Hours before Sunday’s attack, Martin posted a live Facebook video of himself brandishing a handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Police were trying to determine if a stolen handgun found at the crime scene was used in the massacre. It had been converted to a weapon capable of automatic gunfire.
Detectives also were trying to determine whether the gun Martin brandished in the video was used, according to the official, who was briefed on the investigation but was not authorized to publicly discuss details and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Martin and his brother were among those wounded when gunfire erupted about a block from the state Capitol at about 2 a.m. Sunday as bars closed and patrons filled the streets. More than 100 shots were unleashed in rapid-fire succession as hundreds of people scrambled for safety. Investigators were trying to determine if a street fight outside a nightclub may have sparked the shooting.
The Sacramento County coroner identified the three women killed as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; and Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21. The three men killed were Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Eleven people were wounded, in addition to Smiley Martin, 27, who remained hospitalized and will be booked on the charges when his condition improves enough for him to be jailed, a police statement said.
His brother, Dandrae Martin, 26, was arrested Monday as a “related suspect” on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. He made a brief appearance on the gun possession charge Tuesday in Sacramento Superior Court.
Investigators believe both brothers had stolen guns and are trying to determine how they got them, the law enforcement official told the AP.
A 31-year-old man who was seen carrying a handgun immediately after the shooting was arrested Tuesday on a weapons charge. Police said they don’t believe his gun was used in the crime.
Smiley Martin has a criminal history dating to 2013. He was released on probation from state prison in February after serving about half of a 10-year sentence for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, prosecutors have said.
Martin might have been released sooner, but a Parole Board rejected his bid for early release in May after prosecutors said the 2017 felony assault along with convictions for possessing an assault weapon and thefts posed “a significant, unreasonable risk of safety to the community.”
Martin “clearly has little regard for human life and the law,” and has displayed a pattern of criminal behavior from the time he was 18, a Sacramento County deputy district attorney wrote in a letter last year to the Board of Parole Hearings.
It wasn’t clear if Smiley Martin had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Dandrae Martin, who was held without bail, was freed from an Arizona prison in 2020 after serving just over 18 months for violating probation in separate cases involving marijuana possession and aggravated assault.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg told reporters Wednesday he had “serious questions” about why the brothers “were out on the streets.”
“And those questions need to be answered and they will be answered over the days ahead,” Steinberg said.
Defense lawyer Linda Parisi said an effort to seek Dandrae Martin’s release on bail will depend on whether prosecutors bring stiffer charges.
“If it turns out that the evidence demonstrates that this was mere presence at a scene that certainly argues more for a release,” Parisi said. “If it shows some more aggressive conduct then it would argue against it. But we don’t know that yet.”
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Woman celebrates 108th birthday, shares her secret to longevity
GLOBE, Ariz. (3TV/CBS 5/Gray News) – Carmen Slough celebrated her 108th birthday this week with friends and family.
She was born in Douglas, Arizona, but has lived in the Globe-Miami area her entire life and is well-known. Slough owned a clothing store in downtown Globe for 49 years.
“We didn’t have paved streets,” Slough told AZFamily, remembering the early days of Globe. “There was still a few people who got around on horseback.”
Slough lived through the Spanish Flu when she was just 4 years old, but she remembers it like it was yesterday.
“I was old enough to know that something was wrong,” she said. “There was a lot of people in the area that did pass away from the flu at that time.”
At the age of 106, another virus — this time COVID-19 — turned her world upside down.
Slough admits it affected her, saying, “The isolation was really, really bad for me because I was used to being a part of the community.”
Slough’s late husband was a WWI veteran, and her siblings fought in WWII.
“I remember the people that we lost and the valor of our local boys that served overseas,” said Slough.
Her 86-year-old son, Bob, relies on his mom’s recollection and calls her “a wonder.”
Slough says staying active is the secret to longevity.
“I don’t believe in just sitting down and giving up, I believe in going out in the sunshine, picking weeds, and working in the garden,” Slough said.
She has a little brother, the only surviving sibling in her family of nine, who’s 98 years old.
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New highways headed to Seattle area despite drive to fight climate change
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Even as Washington state tries to clamp down on climate-harming pollution, it’s building new highways in its two biggest counties.
Transportation is a vital link for any economy. In Washington state and nationwide, it’s also the largest source of the pollution that is destabilizing the planet’s climate.
On March 25, Gov. Jay Inslee approved spending $16.9 billion on transportation, from the most-polluting to the least-polluting ways of getting around.
Over the next 16 years, $4.2 billion is slated for widening or building new highways in the state, including one in Jacquelyn Harris’ neighborhood.
Every morning, Harris walks laps around her apartment complex in Fife for a bit of exercise.
“I have my earbuds in, listening to my music, and I can barely hear the music when I'm going down that side, which is adjacent to the freeway,” she said.
Highway noise and exhaust from Interstate 5 are facts of life for people living in the apartment complex owned by the Pierce County Housing Authority.
“I mean, you can smell it, you can see it. The pollution, the exhaust from the vehicles,” Harris said.
Harris says relentless construction on I-5 in Fife and neighboring Tacoma means more noise and pollution for its neighbors.
“It seems like there's always a project going on,” Harris said.
“More consideration should be given to the residents of the adjacent neighborhoods for that construction, especially when they're closing exits and then rerouting folks through neighborhoods,” she said.
Six brand-new miles of state Route 167 are in the works for Fife, Puyallup, and Tacoma to connect that highway to Interstate 5.
The new highway is part of a $2.4 billion megaproject called the Puget Sound Gateway, newly funded by the state Legislature.
Together with a new segment of state Route 509 south of Sea-Tac Airport, it adds up to 8 miles of brand-new highway between Sea-Tac and Puyallup. The project will also widen about 4 miles of I-5.
But it may bring more pollution to communities like Harris'. It also highlights the tension that exists for elected officials who want to both provide key infrastructure and reduce climate-harming emissions.
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ristin Kershaw with Superfresh Growers in Yakima says she’s excited about the Puget Sound Gateway.
“We export about 25–30% of our apple crop and even more of our cherry crop,” Kershaw said. “So access to ports and air cargo — it’s really important.”
During the Covid pandemic, Kershaw says, traffic congestion hasn’t been the biggest problem for the supply chain, but it’s still a big one.
“It's no fun to be a truck driver sitting and waiting for hours to be able to get your product unloaded, either because you're stuck in traffic or because you can't get unloaded at the port,” Kershaw said. “That's money that you're not making.”
She expects the new highways will make a big dent in congestion heading to the ports of Seattle and Tacoma.
The Washington State Department of Transportation predicts the tonnage of freight moved by truck in Washington state will grow 35% by 2035.
According to WSDOT, Tacoma has the state’s highest daily truck traffic.
Harris’ census district in Fife and neighboring areas near the Port of Tacoma have some of the state’s worst diesel pollution, according to the Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map, produced by the University of Washington and a consortium of government and non-profit groups.
“I think we would all love to have had electric trucks yesterday,” Kershaw said. “But that doesn't seem to be happening anytime really soon.”
In 2021, electric vehicles, including “plug-in hybrids” that can run on either battery power or gasoline, were just 1.3% of all passenger vehicles in Washington, with almost no electric trucks on the roads.
Kershaw says until electric trucks are widely available, the best way to reduce truck pollution is to build better roads.
“Because then we can get those trucks in and off the road quickly,” she said.
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ransportation officials often claim that their highway projects will reduce congestion and pollution.
“In drawing traffic away from the local [road] network, we reduce congestion in the region in and around the new expressways and provide much more efficient travel,” said John White, who heads the Puget Sound Gateway program for the state’s transportation department. “So there's less idling for the trucks, less idling for the cars.”
White says the new highways will lead to less, not more, driving by providing more-direct routes that will let truckers avoid zigzagging along city street grids.
Such claims go against a widely accepted concept in transportation planning called “induced demand”: More lanes lead to more driving and all the impacts that come with that.
“Traffic is kind of like a gas, if you remember your physics,” pedestrian advocate and ex-Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn told the “Hacks and Wonks” podcast. “It expands to fill the room available to it.”
In other words: Build it and they will come.
“Induced demand is a fact,” Washington Transportation Secretary Roger Millar said when I interviewed him in 2021. He’s John White’s boss’s boss’s boss.
“We're not going to build our way out of our congestion problem,” Millar said. “What we need to do is manage congestion and give people alternatives to getting around.”
Millar said widening highways should be the last thing his agency does, but that’s not his call.
“There are two things I don't do as secretary of transportation,” Millar said. “I don't appropriate money and I don't make policy.”
I asked transportation researcher Mark Hallenbeck at the University of Washington if congestion relief is a false promise.
“Sure! Of course it is. That’s been known for 50 years,” Hallenbeck said. “Yes, the car is a wonderful thing. It’s just a space hog.”
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rand-new highway construction is rare in 21st-century America. The heyday of U.S. highway building was 50 to 70 years ago.
Transportation officials say highways 167 and 509 are critical freight corridors for the ports and warehouse districts of a rapidly growing region. Their unbuilt segments are “missing links” from when the highways were planned and built in the 1970s.
McGinn said completing 509’s missing link would have unintended consequences for south Seattle.
“If you think the backups at the First Avenue South Bridge are bad now, wait ‘til you see what it’s like when you basically are mainlining cars from I-5 to the west of Sea-Tac Airport straight to the First Avenue Bridge,” McGinn said. “And who’s going to breathe all the pollution of those idling cars? Residents of South Park and Georgetown and the Duwamish Valley.”
Unlike in the 1970s, our overheating climate has become an urgent, life-or-death concern in the 21st century. So have the health needs of poor communities of color that often live near highways and their unhealthy air.
“Why would we sign up for 15 more years of emissions from our largest sector, right?” asked climate-justice activist Paulo Nunes-Ueno with the group Front and Centered.
“We need to stop asking the same communities to pay the price again, and again, for our failure to move away from autos and oil,” he said.
“What's important is to make sure that we're not baking in more carbon emissions with our decisions now,” said Ben Holland with the Rocky Mountain Institute.
The Colorado-based energy think tank worked with researchers at the University of California Davis to produce an “induced demand” calculator to estimate how much traffic or pollution highway projects will generate.
The Rocky Mountain Institute calculator predicts the Puget Sound Gateway will lead to at least 60 million additional vehicle miles of driving annually. Over the next two decades, WSDOT forecasts a 30% increase in driving nearby, which it says the Puget Sound Gateway will lower by two percentage points.
WSDOT officials say demand to use the Puget Sound Gateway highway segments will be dampened by round-the-clock tolling, though toll amounts have not been set. The officials also say at least 1.5% of the project's total cost will go to building bike paths and sidewalks, which could help entice people out of their cars altogether.
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ith the new transportation package that is funding the Puget Sound Gateway, Washington state is pouring billions into climate-friendly transportation as well as highways over the next 16 years.
It’s a big shift from the highway-centric spending of the past.
“This is another step forward in revolutionizing our transportation system,” Gov. Jay Inslee said.
He called the package “the biggest, the boldest, the cleanest and the greenest transportation and climate project in the history of the state of Washington.”
Still, critics say the climate can’t wait another decade or more for Washington to get off its highway-expansion treadmill.
“We're at this critical juncture in ensuring that we reduce transportation emissions as quickly as possible,” Holland said.
On Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s foremost scientific body on the climate, released another big report highlighting the urgency of deep emissions cuts in all areas of the economy to limit the destruction expected with a rapidly heating world.
"It's now or never," said report co-author Jim Skea of Imperial College London. "Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible. "
Washington Democrats who passed the big transportation package in March are calling it “climate-oriented” since it includes more money for mass transit and human-powered travel ($6 billion) than expanding highways ($4.2 billion). Another $3 billion would go to preserving and maintaining existing highways and $2.4 billion to fixing the culverts beneath them that block salmon from reaching spawning grounds.
The mix of spending split environmental activists and caused heartburn within the Democratic Party.
“Why is the state still funding new state highway lanes, even though we know they increase global warming emissions and we know they do not reduce congestion?” Democratic Party activist Will Affleck-Asch asked legislators at a meeting of the 43rd District Democrats.
“I really agonized back and forth over voting for the transportation package for the reasons you state,” Rep. Nicole Macri of Seattle replied.
“It is the best package we have ever seen in the history of the state, and as you point out, it is not perfect,” she said. “We definitely need to be looking at alternatives to highway expansion.”
In response to Affleck-Asch’s question, Sen. Jamie Pedersen of Seattle said political calculus was a key factor.
“We are going into an absolute perilous year for Democrats,” he said. “It’s not at all out of the question we could lose the House this fall. Getting a transportation package done is probably one of the most important positive things we could do for retaining control of the legislature.”
Republicans opposed the transportation package because the legislature-dominating Democrats gave them no opportunity to help shape it.
“For the first time in our history, a completely partisan transportation package has been passed with zero input from 20 Washington state legislative districts,” Republican Sen. Curtis King of Yakima said in a press release.
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Fire damages Matawan, NJ Mexican restaurant, pet shop next door
MATAWAN — A fixture on a Main Street in Monmouth County for almost two decades was damaged by fire Monday night, and its owners said it will be closed for a "long time" although they are vowing to rebuild.
"If a pandemic couldn't stop us, this won't either," a post on the Facebook page for Aby's Mexican Restaurant said Tuesday.
Aby's website said it opened as a pizza parlor in 2002, but gradually worked more and more Mexican dishes into its offerings before becoming a full-scale Mexican restaurant in 2004.
The Facebook post said no one was hurt in the blaze that started in the back of the building, crediting local police and fire departments for their quick response.
According to that post, law enforcement and the Monmouth County SPCA helped some pets in a space next door, identified in an Asbury Park Press report as Bird Lover's Paradise, but also known as Garden State Exotic Pets.
The Asbury Park Press report said there was no further word Wednesday afternoon as to whether any animals had been injured or killed, and said the fire is under investigation.
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NJ man dies in Florida motorcycle crash
A New Jersey motorcyclist died in a crash late Monday night in Naples, Florida.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the 52-year-old man from Verona was not wearing a helmet when he went over the curb and overturned onto the median while riding on Vanderbilt Beach Road near Oakes Boulevard about 11 p.m.
Motorcyclists over the age of 21 are not legally required to wear a helmet in Florida.
The man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the Highway Patrol, which said his name will not be disclosed until the investigation into his death is complete.
Dan Alexander is a reporter for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach him at dan.alexander@townsquaremedia.com
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NJ to allow certain employees limited work-from-home for a year
New Jersey's Civil Service Commission has approved a pilot program under which state departments and authorities, with two notable exceptions, will be tasked with offering telework to their employees for one year, beginning no later than July 1.
A release from Gov. Phil Murphy's office Wednesday provided examples of conditions in which the program would not apply: to select employees of the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Motor Vehicle Commission, agencies which both rely heavily on in-person services that critics say have not been as readily available as needed since COVID-19 restrictions were lifted statewide.
The telework plans of each state entity must be submitted to the CSC by June 1, according to the release.
Wednesday's announcement was met with approval from the Communication Workers of America's New Jersey chapter, with Murphy saying that the state's union partners were "integral" to the creation of the pilot program.
The release said the shift to telework would continue the precedent for successful services offered in that fashion during the COVID pandemic, modernize the state's public worker landscape, allow for more workplace flexibility, and keep the state competitive with the private sector in terms of employee recruitment and retention.
Although each eligible department is being left to formulate its own plan, the state set several common parameters.
For instance, telework is to be offered to employees no more than two days per week "based on operational need," according to the release.
And for those (such as at NJDOL or MVC) whose job precludes them from working from home under the program, "flextime" or alternate work schedules should be offered.
Employees will be asked to complete an application process to determine their eligibility, and both employees and their managers will have to undergo telework training, the state said.
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NJ trout season begins April 9 — stocking of streams runs through spring
By opening day of New Jersey's trout season, about 250,000 freshly stocked rainbow trout will be waiting in waterways across the Garden State. Hundreds of thousands more will be distributed statewide through the end of May.
Approximately 100,000 anglers are expected to hit the water for opening day, April 9, which kicks off at 8.a.m.
"The quality of New Jersey's trout fishing as well as the trout we stock have never been better," said Dave Golden, assistant commissioner of fish and wildlife for the state Department of Environmental Protection. "Excellent fishing opportunities are plentiful in every county, meaning a great place to fish can always be found close to home."
There will be approximately 570,000 rainbow trout stocked statewide by the end of spring, according to the DEP. Most trout average 10-and-a-half inches in length; they were raised at the Pequest Trout Hatchery in Warren County.
The stocking schedule is back to normal for 2022, following some alterations caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The state's 14 major trout streams are stocked weekly; they're individually closed on their stocking days for a 12-hour period, to allow the trout a chance to disperse, according to the DEP.
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North Haledon, NJ mayor resists calls to remove mountaintop star
NORTH HALEDON — The mayor of this Passaic County borough is defending his decision to place a large, light-up star atop High Mountain, an area bordering Wayne Township, saying that two complaints in two years do not constitute ample justification for a nature group's demand to remove it.
"THE STAR HAS GIVEN US HOPE THROUGH THE PANDEMIC," Mayor Randy George wrote on a page of North Haledon's official borough website.
According to a CBS New York report, George said he received permission from Wayne officials, the state's Green Acres program, and The Nature Conservancy to erect the star in 2020.
But The Nature Conservancy, a minority owner of the mountain, has said that's not so, and on March 23, ordered the star taken down within seven days.
George has refused and has started a petition to keep the star, while writing TNC back to explain his position and claiming he has received no response.
CBS New York reported that the petition has already received hundreds of signatures.
That does not seem to have convinced TNC, which told CBS New York it had "become aware of individuals climbing the star."
But it's not clear just how much say the organization has in the matter. A letter to TNC from Wayne Mayor Christopher Vergano reiterated that township's position as majority owner of High Mountain, and expressed its support for George and North Haledon.
"The Township of Wayne stands behind the Mayor and the people of North Haledon," Vergano's letter said, "and [sic] do not object to the placement of the star."
George instructed those in favor of keeping the star to contact Dr. Barbara Brummer, New Jersey director of The Nature Conservancy, at bbrummer@tnc.org or 908-879-7262.
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Pizza tasting fundraiser to be held to help Ukrainian children
Pizza fans, may I have your attention, please. There will be a special pizza tasting fundraiser this Fri. (4/8) featuring some of New Jersey’s top pizzerias to raise money for the UNICEF Ukrainian Children's Fund.
The event is co-sponsored by the Facebook group Jersey Pizza Joints and Calabria’s in Livingston, where the event will be held from noon-3 p.m.
Some of the pizza makers participating in the event include Nutley's Amore Pizza by Jack Calandra, Vinnie's Pan Pizza of Millburn, and Lillo's Tomato Pies of Hainesport. According to NorthJersey.com, Marra Forni, a supplier of pizza ovens, will be there with a portable wood-fired oven for the pizzerias to use.
Each pizzeria will take a turn with the oven for 30 minutes apiece making their signature pies and trying new ones in the portable wood-fired oven. Calabria’s has a gas brick oven normally, but owner Gabriella Ottaiano told NorthJersey.com that she is looking forward to do something different with the portable stove, making Neapolitan pies that require a wood-fired oven, "We'll make some margarita pies, some sausage pies, plus maybe a novelty pie," she said.
Tickets for the event are $25 with all net proceeds going to the UNICEF Ukrainian Children’s Fund. Calabria’s will have tables set up outside to help handle the expected crowd.
According to the Jersey Pizza Joints Facebook page, they are still willing to accept other pizzerias that want to come and try the portable oven and be part of the fundraiser; you can message JPJ founder Guy Madsen of Clifton, through the page.
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